Older air traffic controllers perform as well as young on job-related tasks
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 09:07
in Psychology & Sociology
In a study that challenges the mandatory retirement of air traffic controllers at the age of 56 in the U.S., researchers have found that air traffic controllers up to age 64 perform as well as their young colleagues on complex, job-related tasks.
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