But the regulators won't do anything because there is no evidence that rosters are fatiguing.
CAA to airline: "so, may we audit your crew sickness and fatigue records"
"Yes"
"Well, looks good, no crew members have called in fatigued. That must mean your rosters are not fatiguing"
What are the regulators meant to do, try and get airlines to change rostering practices when there is no evidence that they cause fatigue?
I agree that fatigue is an issue, and I hope that scientific evidence will eventually get the FTLs changed but bearing in mind that when JAA rules came in they were not as limiting as the CAA rules in most cases, there is little hope.
There is no evidence. No one calls in fatigued. The only evidence the authorities have to work on is anecdotal or occasionally when it is obvious in an accident that human error was caused by fatigue. But then that pilot would be to blame for flying whilst fatigued.
Its a catch 22 and no matter how much we talk about it nothing will change.