Whether or not it turned out to be a factor in this case, I'm of the opinion that you will almost certainly never see the "F word" written in a UK commercial accident report.
The main reason being that as all UK operators are supposed to operate in accordance with CAP371 or a similar approved FTL scheme, which has been "scientifically" tested, any indication of fatigue as a causual factor would indicate that either CAP371 or the "Scheme" is flawed or that the company in question had been operating outside the "Scheme" or the spirit of it, in which case the Ops Inspectorate is flawed.
Just a thought.
Last edited by Human Factor; 1st Dec 2006 at 09:11.