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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2021. Vol. 10, no. 1, 102–110
https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2021100110
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Burnout in the stress system of aviation professionals

 
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Abstract

The article describes the factors of professional stress in aviation, determined by advances in aviation construction against the background of planetary global economic, political and environmental changes. The development of technology in the aviation industry by the 1980s reached a level that minimized both the impact of aggressive environmental factors and the physical activity of those employed in aviation. Currently, the problems of companies' relations with personnel, caused by frequent downfalls of aircraft on the one hand and the growth of aviation traffic, the level of optimization of organizational structures on the other, come to the fore in this area. As a result, staff are forced to share jobs, receive training in time, be at risk of losing their jobs, or work to the limit. Vertical relations, in turn, affect the socio-psychological climate in the teams and the nature of the relationship of aviation specialists. Also of particular urgency is the problem of professional burnout of aviation specialists, exacerbating in the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Keywords: aviation, occupational stress, burnout syndrome, physical environment factors, the novelty of the flight situation, organizational conditions, Covid-19.

Journal rubric: Labour Psychology and Engineering Psychology

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Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2021100110

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For citation: Sechko, A.V. (2021). Burnout in the stress system of aviation professionals. Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 10(1), 102–110. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2021100110

© Sechko A.V., 2021

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Alexander V. Sechko, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Docent, Associate Professor, Department of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Ex-treme Psychology, Moscow State University of psychology and education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-1055, e-mail: setschko@yandex.ru

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