Originally Posted by
Twiglet1
Fatigue reports are the same as confidential reports - managed within the SMS. If names get leaked then the Pilots lose trust in the SMS and stop reporting. Again some AOC's have sleep scientists that assess the rosters individually. However an aweful lot of Airlines also have (commercial) bio-mathematical modelling systems latched onto their scheduling systems which they use to convince their CAA's they are managing fatigue e.g. system says green so good to go. Are they validated, do they have data on that particular AOC - you know the answer.
I agree wholeheartedly. The FRMS software systems that I have experience with are pretty easy to manipulate. The company can make almost any roster appear to be in compliance with their regulator's standards. At most companies only lip service is paid to fatigue. I believe this is the case in the Rostov crash, with brutal rosters playing a huge part in the Captain's mistakes.