It seems to be more difficult for national agreement over this than anything else. I am not up to date with the latest EASA proposals (if any) but JAR-OPS 3 had a blank space for FDTL for many years.
Fatigue is one of those things that can sneak into all sorts of incidents and accidents. Lots of hele ops more or less include guaranteed fatigue into their shift systems - Does anyone know whether IHST are going to address this?
The EC Working Time Directive "powers that be" get ever so worked up about doctors being on call in their beds to the point where it destroys the learning process for them. We just get exempt from most of it?