Statokinetic stability of pilots of various types of aircraft

The vestibular stability of flight personnel is one of the mandatory elements of assessment during examination by an otorhinolaryngologist as part of the annual medical flight examination, as well as upon admission to universities for the training of flight personnel. Assessment of vestibular stability is traditionally carried out using methods of continuous and intermittent accumulation of Coriolis accelerations. An isolated assessment of vestibular stability is not ideal due to the wide boundaries within each of the possible degrees of stability. An alternative method is the method of computer stabilography, which has high accuracy and ease of use, eliminating the appearance of vegetative and somatic reactions in the subjects during the examination. The conducted survey of 51 pilots operating various types of aircraft allowed us to obtain new data on the relationship of statokinetic stability with the type of aircraft. Thus, pilots flying fighter jets have better indicators of statokinetic stability compared to pilots operating transport aircraft. The pilots were also examined to study the type of nervous system: the data obtained indicate the predominance among pilots operating fighters of a larger number of persons with a strong and medium type of nervous system.