Providing fatigue risk management solutions to the aviation industry

As well as assisting airlines to develop Fatigue Risk Management Systems that are compliant with national and international regulatory requirements, the Fresh Air team has considerable FRM training experience, delivering training to safety personnel and regulatory authorities around the world.

We also create e-learning programmes on fatigue as well as delivering blended learning solutions for remote/home-based workers.

In addition, we assist operators seeking to gain approval for individual flight time specification schemes (IFTSS), by conducting assessments of their fatigue risk management procedures, collecting a combination of objective and subjective data from crew, reviewing Safety Performance Indicators and preparing a report for the national aviation authority to assess.

For more information about any of our aviation work please contact us.

Aviation Case Study

TAP Air, Portugal

Portugal’s national airline, TAP Air, commissioned Fresh Air to create separate recurrent training packages for TAP flight deck and cabin crews.

These refresher courses provide crew with a reminder of the TAP Air Portugal procedures for managing fatigue and the reporting process, an update of the science of fatigue and alertness management, and feedback on changes that have been made to operational procedures in response to fatigue reports received.

Background

Since February 2016, commercial airline transport operators in Europe have been required to “ensure that FDPs are planned in a way that enables crew members to remain sufficiently free from fatigue so that they can operate to a satisfactory level of safety under all circumstances.” (EASA ORO-FTL 110).

The regulations require operators to take a more scientific approach to the management of crew fatigue and to demonstrate to their national authority that they understand the risks associated with fatigue resulting from their operational practices and that they have in place strategies to minimise this risk to ALARP levels.

Operators are also required to provide initial and recurrent training on fatigue risk management for their flight deck and cabin crews, as well as for those who have a role to play in managing fatigue (e.g. management and scheduling staff).