Regulations and Government
FAA Releases Part 135 Fatigue Recommendations
The report, which suggests alertness management programs, was submitted to the agency 18 months ago.
(Photo: Adobe Stock)
(Photo: Adobe Stock)

The FAA recently released a 77-page report from a government/industry group recommending that the agency adopt an alertness management program (AMP) concept for Part 135 operations to protect against pilot fatigue. While not made public until this month, the report containing the recommendations of the Part 135 Pilot Duty and Rest Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) was submitted to the FAA in July 2021.

Under the ARC concept, an AMP would provide for fatigue monitoring and mitigations to enable an operator to increase duty times and/or reduce rest times. The complexity of the program would depend on the type of operation, the ARC noted, but it said that for AMPs to be effective they must be comprehensive and enforceable and an advisory circular should be issued defining the requirements.

Loading…