Date of Award
Summer 8-1994
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Business Administration in Aviation
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
John Pope
Committee Member
Tom Tacker
Abstract
The study consisted of experimental research to determine the effect of alcohol on the pilots’ ability to perceive angular motion. It was hypothesized that in the absence of visual cues, pilots’ thresholds of perceiving a change in angular motion is adversely affected by alcohol in the blood, thereby increasing the potential to enter a state of spatial disorientation. The experiments were designed to simulate a real time in-flight scenario, in a rotating flight simulator, where angular accelerations could be controlled and pilots’ thresholds of perceiving a change in angular motion could be measured. The study revealed that the subjects registered a significant deterioration of their ability to perceive a change in angular motion at low Blood Alcohol Contents (BAC)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Mughni, Wali N., "A Simulation Study of Pilots' Ability to Perceive Angular Motion under the Influence of Alcohol" (1994). Master's Theses - Daytona Beach. 250.
https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/250
