CIA-UAP-012: Combating Fatigue In Crewmembers

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             SU6J£CT          Combating Fa tigue in Crewmembers/              DATE OIS!ll .   lo November l.976
                              Aeroflot Work Cyc les/Use of Drugs/
                              Bi ologica l Eff ects of Ai r c r n fc Noise/   NO. PAGES       4
                              Radi a t 1•o n Researc h/UFO Phenomena,1
                              Prototype Pilot Biological Psychomotor REFERENC ES

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                                    SUMMARY: Aeroflot of-f icials are actively involved in aerospace
                                    medical research. They are concerned with the medical aspects
                                    of physical conditioning which impinge upon crewcember perfor•m•
                                    ance and have perfected several devices which test pilot bio­
                                    logical functioning and motor response ability. Or Inal
                                    Ge"orgiyevich Akoyev, a noted radiation biologist explainr,d cosmic
                                    ray particles (phosphenes) which are causing Aeroflot pilots to
                                    "see" flashes ·of light during night flying. Or [fnu ]            Akutin,
                                    cvhern:ti:ist at the Civil Aviation Institute of Leningrad showed
                                            ~ __ prototype pilot biological psychomotor testing equip ­


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                                                   - e~asu r es blood pressure, pulse rate, cardiovascular
                                    function and 1110tor ability. The equipment is automatic and test­
                                    ing is _completed in approximately three minutes.



                       l,     The Soviets deal with crelllllember fatigue in several ways. First, :hey
                              emphasize and ' prOlllote physical conditioning. • If a creWl!lember 1s phy$ i cally
                              fit, he wil l be less prone to fatigue and will recover sooner after
                              tiring flights, Aeroflot provides exercise facilities at all major alr• •
                              pores, and these facU.ities are supervised by a well known a.thlete. The
                              second thing they do is to thoroughly test each cre,,,oeober prior to flir,~~
                              to insu~e his physi~al fitn~s• and 111ental al,ertness. At the present ti-.ttf.,
                              these tests are cond~ted by a medical team headed by a doctor, usualiy a
                              woun. A crewmetnber 1a not alloved to fly if he fails the examina·tfon. : •
                              These teats are nov being automated aad will take only l-3 minutes whim the
                              prototype equipment becomes operational. Finally, there is a third Approach
                              Aeroflot 1s using--a prophylactoriWll. Each 111.ljor airport has one, a 3 to
                              4 story building set off from the 11141n airport buil~1ngs, . but easily acces-      !
                              sible by foot. These facilities are well landscaped and are designed to provik.
                              total rest and relaxation for trans1e~t crewaembera." They have a lat'te kitcher,
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