Human Performance – Affects on Performance

Human Performance – Affects on Performance

What determines Pilot Performance?

As an individual, What parts of our body do we depend on for performance?

Physical
Mental
What affects our Physical Performance?

There are certain lifestyle choices that affect our physical performance. These can include:

  • Food
  • Sleep / fatigue
  • Cold / Flu / Sickness / Aging / Injury
  • Moods
  • Drugs / Medication
  • Alcohol
  • Smoking
  • Sun / Heat stress
  • Hydration / Water
What affects our Mental Performance?

These can also affect our mental performance. Why?

The brain is dependent on healthy, well oxygenated blood. Anything that affects the quality of your blood will affect your brain.

MAPP – Model for Assessing a Pilots Performance
Source: Mavin (2010)

As far as Pilot Performance is concerned, all Skills are affected when mental performance is reduced. However, Situational Awareness and Decision Making are cognitive skills and are very dependent on physiological and psychological conditions.