Clockwork Research, a fatigue risk management consultancy and part of Air Partner’s Consulting & Training division, has named Alexandros Kontotasios as Human Factors Specialist.
Kontotasios has a solid academic background in researching and assessing fatigue in pilots, human factors in aviation, psychology, military psychology and accident investigation, enabling him to prepare high quality fatigue research. He is currently finishing a PhD at the University of Leeds, exploring fatigue and performance in pilots who commute by driving, and also holds a BSc in Psychology, a BSc in Military Psychology and an MSc in Human Factors in Aviation.
Prior to joining Clockwork, Kontotasios worked as a human factors psychologist for the Hellenic Air Force, where he conducted psychological assessments of staff, including pilots, air traffic controllers and cabin crew, provided training on fatigue and stress management, researched fatigue and stress, and investigated accidents.