FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FRMS A PILOTS PERSPECTIVE

FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (FRMS) A PILOT’S PERSPECTIVE Captain Don Wykoff Chairman, Flight Time Duty Time Committee Air Line Pilots Association, International

Pilot Fatigue Top Flight Safety Issue ►Current flightcrew member duty and rest rules not based on modern sleep science ►Need new rules to comply with ICAO ►U. S. Part 117 science-based rule effective January 4, 2014 Air Line Pilots Association, International

Pilot Fatigue Top Flight Safety Issue ►Cargo operations excluded § ALPA seeking legislation to include cargo ►Part 117 – First time FRMS process is included in a regulation ►Part 117 sets standard for adoption by other countries Air Line Pilots Association, International

Pilot Fatigue Top Flight Safety Issue ►Pilots support FRMS concept ►FRMS not a replacement for prescriptive rules ►Allows limited flexibility from rules ►Viable FRMS must include pilots as partner Air Line Pilots Association, International

Fatigue Risk Management Plan (FRMP) ►FRMP is a building block to get to FRMS ►All U. S. operators, including cargo, must have a plan ►FRMP’s goal – reduce fatigue and improve alertness § Tailored to operation § Voluntary fatigue reporting Air Line Pilots Association, International

Fatigue Risk Management Plan (FRMP) ►Review schedules for fatigue ►Operator must investigate reports ►Need Fatigue Review Committee ►Pilots key to Committee and FRMP Air Line Pilots Association, International

FRMS ►ICAO Annex 6 has guidance for FRMS ►FRMS Implementation Guide for Operators – 1 st Ed. , July 2011 ►Establish Fatigue Safety Action Group (FSAG) ►FSAG is a safety oversight group ►Successful FSAG will have pilot representative Air Line Pilots Association, International

FRMS ►FRMS is a six step program § Step 1 – Identify City Pair § Step 2 – Determine fatigue hazards and gather data § Must have cooperation of pilot group to gather good data § Agreements for process to collect data § Need to protect personal data Air Line Pilots Association, International

FRMS § Step 3 – Analyze data to identify fatigue hazards § Predictive process § Proactive process § Reactive process § Step 4 – Assess safety risk § Step 5 – Select and implement controls and mitigations § Step 6 – Validation period Air Line Pilots Association, International

FRMS ►Effective FRMS is tri-partite approach: § Operator § Regulator § Pilots ►Pilots are key member of any successful FRMS Air Line Pilots Association, International

FOULS (How we can mess up a perfectly good program) ►Pilots § Interrupt data collection and/or halt participation foravoid industrial reasons How to the “Fouls” ? ►Operators The Three “R’s” § Use voluntary information for punitive reasons or other than intended purposes Relationship ►Regulators Respect § Fail to set rules. Responsibility to protect data, not hold everyone accountable Air Line Pilots Association, International 11

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