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Stress/Anxiety Driven Accidents
On Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 6:30:09 AM UTC-5, soarin wrote:
With a heart rate elevated to 115-145 BPM, complex motor skills, visual reaction times and cognitive reaction times are at their peak. However, between 145-175 mental and physical performance begins to suffer dramatically. I've no problem with the general idea, but since the author suggests the use of a heart rate monitor to measure stress level in the cockpit, I question the applicability of these specific numbers to pilots of different ages and fitness levels. Talking averages... A 70 year old pilot would have a maximum heart rate of 220 - 70 = 150 bpm. I'd guess that he would experience debilitating stress well below 145 bpm. A 20 year old pilot would have a maximum heart rate of 220 - 20 = 200 bpm. I'm not trying to say anything authoritative. I'm just questioning the numbers presented. Source for calculation of maximum heart rate: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...-20046887?pg=2 "to calculate your maximum heart rate is to subtract your age from 220. For example, if you're 45 years old, subtract 45 from 220 to get a maximum heart rate of 175." |
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