Fit to Fly? From F-22s to Jumbo Jets, Real-Time Info on Pilots Needed, Mayo Experts Say
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 12:02
in Astronomy & Space
-- Anyone who has followed news coverage of a plane crash has probably heard of a black box, an onboard device analyzed for clues into a flight's demise. What if there were a black box for pilots that could determine, in real time, whether they are fit to fly, helping to head off cognitive and physical failures that could take a jet down? Recent issues with the physically demanding F-22 fighter jet show it's time for in-flight pilot monitoring, Mayo Clinic (http://www.mayoclinic.org/) and other aerospace medicine physicians say.