Originally Posted by
Toruk Macto
Half the planes flying around the world on back of the clock , red eye ops have sleepy , tired or fatigued crew up the front . Airlines pushing FTL’s right to the limit , reducing crew numbers combined with less experienced pilots all adding to the army of pilots trying to stay awake . I was doing a red eye recently and other pilot asleep under a legal controlled rest procedure . I’m staying quite lights low headset on staring into the darkness trying to keep alert . Reminded of the promair days but instead of 300 crays behind me I got 300 pax .
Fatigue is a huge issue at all levels and can’t just say it’s legal and it will be ok !
Very true. Fatigue will NEVER be addressed fully, we are humans not machines therefore we have a brain that is effected y just about everything known to mankind. The biggest fatigue issue I believe is commercial pressure, it's very real & that too has a cumulative effect like the lack of sleep itself. Min rest periods (9 or 10 hrs or whatever you DON'T get those hours as rest), max duty hrs and a forever changing roster all means the holes in the cheese are just waiting to be lined up!
Glad I am all but out of that these days, I made it thru the dodgem course unscathed....phew!