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...work and insufficient sleep (Venus, 2020) it is important to work on breaking down barriers, improving understandings of pilot stressors and fears, and de-stigmatising mental health in aviation. This will help to improve our understanding of the risks of career burnout for pilots. Therefore, as an industry understanding how to prevent and recover from burnout is key when...

...working long hours while travelling in a confined space at high altitude requiring them to monitor their nutrition, hydration, stress, and fitness levels; their main concern being maintaining a Class 1 medical enabling them to keep working safely and doing what they love. Psychological Skills Training (PST) · Arousal regulation The aviation industry still draws on the...

...Work/Life Balance [work life balance illustration] While in the past there was often a clear boundary between where work life ended, and home life began… this area is now very much grey. Most of us have our work emails on our phones, making us constantly available and contactable. This makes it very difficult for us to ever truly disengage from work and relax. 4:...

...work suggest that emotional intelligence: plays a key role in promoting wellbeing and positive emotions (Zeidner, Matthews and Roberts, 2012) protects against emotional distress when faced with stressful situations (Gohm et al., 2005) preserves higher self-esteem and self-efficacy (belief in ability to control our own behaviour, emotions, and motivations), reducing...