Abstract

HELOANI, Roberto. When humiliation becomes an accident: working conditions of commercial pilots in Brazil. Salud de los Trabajadores [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.2, pp.127-140. ISSN 1315-0138.

This study is a brief reflection on the working conditions and organization of Brazilian aircraft pilots, in the context of their health implications for these workers, who are currently immersed in the so-called “air crisis”. It is a qualitative study carried out using the dialectical historical method, which captures reality through its dynamics. It is a theoretical and empirical study that analyzes the crisis in the Brazilian commercial aviation sector through the perceptions of aircraft pilots. It is also an analysis of the working conditions and organization of these professionals and the implications for the so-called “aviation crisis”. Several studies and interventions have been conducted aimed at both improving productivity and work conditions / work organization. However, it is still necessary to advance research aimed at better understanding the symbolic content of work and workers’ subjective relationships with their activity, the humiliation (leading to concealment of incidents that may become severe accidents) and the wear generated by the activity and its effects on physical and mental health. This is our intention in proposing this work.

Keywords : health workers; work organization; moral damage.

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