Whist fatigue is often associated with night operations; fatigue and sleep are not the same.
The NTSB only comments that there are opportunities for improvement (fatigue management), almost like a passing quip of a current safety item (BOAC
); no factual evidence of fatigue is provided.
Based on the summary, the NTSB provides little of safety benefit for the industry – blame and train, follow procedures, procedures for assurance.
Isn’t it time for the NTSB, regulators, to accept that the industry is encountering accidents which cannot be resolved with old style views of safety and human activity.