@article{ref1,
title="DWI convictions linked to a higher risk of alcohol-related aircraft accidents",
journal="Human factors",
year="2002",
author="McFadden, K. L.",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="522-529",
abstract="This paper assesses whether persons convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) are at increased risk of alcohol-related general aviation accidents. Past research has shown a clear link between DWI convictions and pilot-error accidents in commercial aviation. However, no study in the literature has addressed whether DWI convictions are associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related aircraft accidents. To evaluate a hypothesis, a total of 308,912 pilot records over a 10-year period were analyzed using logistic regression. After potentially confounding variables were controlled, DWI convictions were found to be associated with alcohol-related aviation accidents. Pilots with DWI convictions were about 3.5 times more likely than pilots without convictions to have alcohol-related general aviation accidents. Actual or potential applications of this research include providing policy makers with data-driven information that is useful in improving decisions related to the medical certification of pilots.",
language="",
issn="0018-7208",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}