With all these testimonies of pushing pilots to the limits, repression if fatigue is reported, let's have a quick look into the recommendations of the BEA in the aftermath of the Germanwings tragedy.
It is talk of mental health there, we all know, but extrapolating it to mental and physical fatigue and stress with potential detrimental financial and career consequences at not so kind airlines, especially in the ME where they pretend to be EASA compliant, leave no doubt about its applicability.
IATA encourage its Member Airlines to implement measures to mitigate the socio-economic risks related to pilots’ loss of licence for medical reasons. [Recommendation FRAN-2016-015]
EASA ensure that European operators promote the implementation of peer support groups to provide a process for pilots, their families and peers to report and discuss personal and mental health issues, with the assurance that information will be kept in-confidence in a just-culture work environment, and that pilots will be supported as well as guided with the aim of providing them with help, ensuring flight safety and allowing them to return to flying duties, where applicable. [Recommendation FRAN-2016-021]
Hypocritical
