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Efeitos da Pandemia na Segurança Operacional dos Pilotos das Companhias Áreas Portuguesas. Um contributo para medidas preventivas.
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A indústria da aviação demonstra, assim, dificuldade em colmatar ameaças de
biossegurança, constituindo uma via de transmissão significativa (Dube et al., 2021). A
COVID-19 provocou disrupções significativas nesta indústria, ameaçando a segurança de
passageiros e profissionais e a prosperidade das companhias aéreas. Havendo a
possibilidade de situações semelhantes ocorrerem no futuro, importa compreender os
efeitos efetivos da pandemia.
As pessoas são, geralmente, os ativos mais valiosos das empresas. É importante, por isso,
ouvir a opinião de cada indivíduo, o que raramente acontece. Hoje as pessoas têm mais
formação, conhecimentos e competências.
O presente trabalho visou esclarecer em que medida a implementação de medidas
impostas aos pilotos pelas companhias aéreas portuguesas durante a pandemia afetou a
sua segurança operacional. Assim, adotou-se uma metodologia quantitativa com recolha
de dados via inquérito junto de 112 pilotos de companhias aéreas portuguesas sobre
fadiga, perceção de risco e segurança.
Os resultados permitiram identificar uma correlação positiva entre a fadiga e o risco
(quanto maior fadiga, maior o risco), uma correlação negativa entre a fadiga e a segurança
(quanto maior fadiga, menor a segurança) e uma correlação negativa entre o risco e a
segurança (quanto maior risco, menor a segurança), entre outras tendências.
Conclui-se que é fundamental investir na preparação e resiliência da indústria de aviação
para os próximos eventos pandémicos, o que pode ser feito por via do desenvolvimento de
esforços que reduzam a fadiga dos colaboradores, os capacitem para a gestão dos riscos e
assegurem instrumentos e práticas adequadas à promoção da Segurança Operacional.
The aviation industry therefore demonstrates difficulty in overcoming biosecurity threats, constituting a significant transmission route (Dube et al., 2021). COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to this industry, threatening the safety of passengers and professionals and the prosperity of airlines. If similar situations are likely to occur in the future, it is important to understand the effective effects of the pandemic. People are generally the most valuable assets of a company. It is therefore important to listen to each individual's opinion, which rarely happens. Today, people have more education, knowledge, and skills. The present work aimed to clarify to what extent the implementation of measures imposed on pilots by Portuguese airlines during the pandemic affected their operational safety. Thus, it adopted a quantitative methodology with data collection via research with 112 Portuguese airline pilots on fatigue, risk perception and safety. The results made it possible to identify a positive correlation between fatigue and risk (the greater fatigue, the greater the risk), a negative correlation between fatigue and safety (the greater fatigue, the lower the safety) and a negative correlation between risk and safety (the greater the risk, the lower security), among other trends. It is concluded that it is essential to invest in the preparation and resilience of the aviation industry for the next pandemic events, which can be done through the development of efforts that reduce employee fatigue, train them to manage risks and ensure instruments and appropriate practices to promote Operational Safety.
The aviation industry therefore demonstrates difficulty in overcoming biosecurity threats, constituting a significant transmission route (Dube et al., 2021). COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to this industry, threatening the safety of passengers and professionals and the prosperity of airlines. If similar situations are likely to occur in the future, it is important to understand the effective effects of the pandemic. People are generally the most valuable assets of a company. It is therefore important to listen to each individual's opinion, which rarely happens. Today, people have more education, knowledge, and skills. The present work aimed to clarify to what extent the implementation of measures imposed on pilots by Portuguese airlines during the pandemic affected their operational safety. Thus, it adopted a quantitative methodology with data collection via research with 112 Portuguese airline pilots on fatigue, risk perception and safety. The results made it possible to identify a positive correlation between fatigue and risk (the greater fatigue, the greater the risk), a negative correlation between fatigue and safety (the greater fatigue, the lower the safety) and a negative correlation between risk and safety (the greater the risk, the lower security), among other trends. It is concluded that it is essential to invest in the preparation and resilience of the aviation industry for the next pandemic events, which can be done through the development of efforts that reduce employee fatigue, train them to manage risks and ensure instruments and appropriate practices to promote Operational Safety.