Thanks to those pilots who have responded to my questionnaire on pilot fatigue (links on this forum under pilot fatigue). I am getting some interesting replies. A recurring theme is 'spirit' of CAP 371 being ignored, moving from early starts to late nights, being called at the end of stand by duties therefore not having sufficient rest, falling to sleep on drive home, transition from duties abroad to local flights and disruption to circadian rhythms.
One respondent wrote that people who write the fatigue management programmes should go on line for a week. Having spent time shadowing pilots on periods of duty and subjecting myself to the same conditions I would agree with that point.
Any anecdotal evidence of fatigue or comments about FTL's would be appreciated. Once completed, the results of this study will be available on line and eventually published in the aviation and occupational health journals.
For questionnaire go to
http://web.bham.ac.uk/lxh296/
Thanks
laurie