Tonight the national Danish TV ran a story about EUs failure to prohibit long working hours, despite EASA's own research showing increased risks due to fatigue.
Story included interviews with the chairman of the Danish Pilots Association, Mogens Holgaard, as well as the Head of the Flight Medicine Clinic at Rigshospitalet, Mads Klokker.
Pilot-formand: EU svigter fly-sikkerhed - dr.dk/Nyheder/Penge (in Danish)
Also mentioned was the the upcoming European Action Day in Brussels by
www.eurocockpit.be
The date October 5th was mentioned (date not yet mentioned on
www.dead-tired.eu)
Two weeks ago the Danish Association for Aviation and Diving Medicine had a very interesting lecture by John Caldwell, Ph.D., USA,
Understanding and Managing Fatigue in Operational Aviation Contexts
The presentations are available here
http://www.flyvdyk.dk/upload/cph_fat...#91;1].pdf
http://www.flyvdyk.dk/upload/cph_fat...hop_2009_b.pdf
There is also background information at
For Better Legal Protection Against Pilot Fatigue - European Cockpit Association (ECA) - eurocockpit.be