One-third of the pilots questioned in an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) survey say they told managers at least once in the 12 months before responding to the 2016 survey that they were too fatigued to fly — and that they believed their fatigue reports were frowned upon by management, the ATSB says.1
In its report, Fatigue Experiences and Culture in Australian Commercial Air Transport Pilots, the ATSB said that, despite the pilots’ concerns, most responded that they were well rested at the end of their last duty periods.
In a report on another fatigue-related subject, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and Hampton University found that 70 percent of pilots participating in a small survey said they either approved or strongly approved of changing U.S. policy to allow the use of controlled rest in position (CRIP) in which a pilot is permitted to take a short, scheduled nap on the flight deck to help combat fatigue.2
