Jurnal Bisnis dan Akuntansi
Vol 23 No 1 (2021): Jurnal Bisnis dan Akuntansi

FLIGHT CREW FATIGUE AND THE EFFECT ON AIRLINE BUSINESS

MOHD RIZAL PALIL (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
LOKHMAN HAKIM OSMAN (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
MARA RIDHUAN CHE ABDUL RAHMAN (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
MOHD HELMI ALI (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
EZAD AZRAI JAMSARI (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
MAHATHIR AHMAD (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
NURUL AISHAH BINTI KHAIRUDDIN (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
NUR AAINA AQILAH BINTI JAMALUDDIN (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
IBNOR AZLI IBRAHIM (Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali)
IDA SURIYA ISMAIL (Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2021

Abstract

The paper discusses previous studies on the effect of fatigue among flight crews and their effect on airline businesses. Fatigue is a major concern in flight operations as many reports were issued on this problem among flight crew. The long flight duration requires them to travel several time zones, which leads to fatigue. Furthermore, the change of time zones could also lead to the occurrence of jet lag and subsequently causes fatigue too. Fatigue can occur during and after the travelling period, and it takes a while to recover from it. This study aims to observe the effects of fatigue experienced by flight crew. The results show that fatigue causes many health problems such as an increase in cancer risk, depression, mental illness and miscarriage. Additionally, fatigue reduces one's work productivity as working in a tired state reduces work performance. Furthermore, fatigue also leads to other problems such as anger, anxiety, stress and job dissatisfaction. With the studies conducted on the issue of fatigue, airlines should take appropriate actions to minimise or solve the problem to ensure that fatigue problem will not affect flight crew performance and the airline business.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JBA

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Bisnis dan Akuntansi is biannual publication issued in the month of June and December. Jurnal Bisnis dan Akuntansi is a scientific journal which prioritizes the publication of articles (research and non-research based) regarding to business and accounting issues that deal with social issues ...