@JyotiScindia
PS123 this poster has committed the cardinal sin. He mentions the fatigue word then says give us some more money and the fatigue issues go away....
Guided
It would be most revealing to have the Rostering Personnel go through a typical roster with the AME ( or a Sleep disorder specialist) and have them explain exactly how the crew member should 'manage' their sleep. Ie, times they are expected to sleep given a set of rostered duties.
The results would be clear - in many cases it would be impossible to get the medically recommended amount of quality restorative sleep - and they know it !
I've queried how to manage day/night swaps and 18 - 30hrs rest periods with the head of crew scheduling in my company. Guidance on how to cope with a roster he had generated was refused. The only response was "When I used to work shifts it was difficult switching from day to night and I always felt tired, you'll get used to it."
I never have got used to it, maybe its time to ask the experts.
29th Mar 2016 09:30
EASA FTL now has a disruptive duty element for home base night to day transitions. I might be a long playing record but the 18-30 hour was a UK CAP rule based on charter airlines operating day / night transitions to Florida - which guess what they still do. There are also some rotations e.g. night/day with 18-30hr rest periods which are scientifically proven to be safe as long as crews rest and try and stay in their local TZ e.g. DXB time.
In terms of being able to cope with a set of flights in a roster, I suspect your Company has a "state of the art" FRMS tool such as SAFE, or BAM bolted onto the Scheduling system. The only minor problem with these are they are validated for all airlines not YOUR airline. To validate crews should take part in surveys, wear motion watches blah blah.
Let's hope some of this stuff comes out of the Fly Dubai incident.