Fatigue Survey
Jeppesen is planning an industry-wide survey later this year to gather fatigue data from pilots and cabin crewmembers; the data ultimately will be used as part of a study to determine how crew fatigue issues develop.
Jeppesen said sleep and performance scientists will use the information gathered through the survey, scheduled for April, to help “improve and evaluate scientific fatigue models such as the Boeing Alertness Model.” Jeppesen is a subsidiary of The Boeing Co.
Jeppesen said that, to coincide with the study, a variation of the CrewAlert application — CrewAlert Lite — is available free on the iTunes App Store. The application is designed to “simplify capturing schedule information, sleep and wake periods and fatigue assessments … [and enable] crew to predict fatigue risk using the Boeing Alertness Model,” Jeppesen said.
New Standards for First Officers
Pilots hired as first officers for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines …
