Published by admin at June 14, 2017 Many commercial pilots in Europe feel that fatigue is not taken seriously by their airline, a new survey has revealed – and low cost carriers are the worst offenders.
The aviation safety study, the largest in Europe to date, was conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. It paints a worrying picture of attitudes towards an issue that has been found to be a contributing factor in a number of accidents in the aviation industry.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) defines pilot fatigue as “a physiological state of reduced mental or physical performance capability resulting from sleep loss or extended wakefulness, circadian phase, or workload”.