PROFESSIONAL PILOTS VIEWS OF ALCOHOL-USE IN AVIATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPLOYEE-ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Pilots holding the Airline Transport Pilot certificate were surveyed a bout the seriousness of the alcohol problem in various areas of aviati on and about the importance of a number of possible reasons why a pilo t might drink and fly. They also rated a number of actions in terms of their potential effectiveness for reducing inappropriate alcohol use, and they evaluated a number of characteristics of employee-assistance programs. Respondents judged employee-assistance programs to be the b est way to reduce problem drinking. They also identified areas in whic h currently available employee-assistance programs could be improved.