New Fatigue Science Ready for Real-World Application

An RAA-sponsored study into the fatigue effects of multi-segment flight operations has reached the end of its third and final stage, involving the development of so-called fatigue risk management systems (FRMS). Speaking with AIN a few weeks before the start of this year’s RAA Convention in Montreal, association vice president Scott Foose explained that Phase 3 identified ways to incorporate the science gleaned from the study, begun in 2009 by Washington State University’s Sleep and Performance Research Center, into airlines’ daily operations. At the time Foose said he expected the third phase to end “soon,” after which the RAA plans to team with airlines to begin adopting the FRMS programs.