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Sleepwalking into Disaster - 300 Pilots & Cabin Crew Demonstrate in Cologne
15/05/2012

Yesterday, over 300 pilots and cabin crew from across Europe demonstrated in front of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to express their serious concerns about the future rules that will regulate flight time limitations for air crew. EASA, being the SAFETY agency, must resist the airlines' lobbying and base their rules on science only: Passenger safety first, always!
 

Air Crew Fatigue Safety First – Not Commercial Considerations!
14/05/2012

Today, over 300 pilots and cabin crew from across Europe demonstrate in front of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), in Cologne. They are there to raise their concerns on the Agency’s proposed EU law on Flight Time Limitations, which should be aimed at preventing safety risks associated with air crew fatigue. On 15-16 May, EASA will meet stakeholders to discuss their latest draft, which is still insufficient to protect passenger safety and reflects the airlines’ commercial demands rather than scientific recommendations.

Global Professional pilot leaders call for “SAFE, SCIENCE-BASED” EU PILOT FATIGUE RULES
04/05/2012

Pilot organization leaders who fly for SkyTeam, Star and oneworld Alliance carriers joined with leaders from the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) in highlighting pilot fatigue as a leading threat to flight safety, and emphasized the need for new regulations addressing Europe’s future flight-time limitations. - Read the Press statement here.

 

Join the Campaign! 14 May 2012, Cologne - Safe Crew Fatigue Rules Now!
04/04/2012

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is in the process of drafting the future rules that will regulate future flight and duty time limitations. They released a revised proposal on 18 January, which is not acceptable as it can put flight safety at risk. Although an improvement compared to the first proposal of Dec 2010, this text still disregards decades of scientific evidence and does not take into account many of the scientists’ recommendations.

Sleep Researchers confirm: Pilot Fatigue is in the Cockpit
16/03/2012

Airline Pilots are among the transport workers that are most exposed to fatigue during their work, with one in five pilots (20%) admitting that they made a serious error due to the effects of fatigue.

What if Colgan Air Had Tried to Land at Brussels Airport
14/02/2012


Colgan Air accident’s 3rd Anniversary – a Reminder that Pilot Fatigue can Kill

Brussels, 12/02/2012

Fatigue – Why Europe Can’t Afford to Sleep
07/02/2012

On 18 January, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published its revised proposal for Europe’s future air crew fatigue rules. It took 50.000 stakeholder comments and the reports from three eminent scientists to make the Agency carry out some urgently needed changes to its initial proposal from 2010. And it took surveys among pilots in several EU countries to demonstrate that fatigue is a reality in Europe’s cockpits. But while the revised proposal brings some welcome changes, it still ignores key scientific findings on some important issues.

Cabin crew concerned about new fatigue rule proposal
31/01/2012

 

Download the press release here.

 

Media Coverage
25/01/2012

Following the publication by EASA of the new proposal for EU-wide pilot fatigue rules, the media in many European countries has covered stories about the fact that these rules are not sufficient to prevent pilot fatigue. These reports are available in the Press Corner of the website under Media Coverage.

Media coverage

Media Coverage on new EU proposal (Jan 2012)

EU Pilot Fatigue Proposal Does not Go Far Enough
18/01/2012

The new proposal for EU-wide pilot fatigue rules, issued today, stops half way to protect air passengers against the safety risks associated with fatigued pilots. Despite a number of improvements compared to the previous proposal (Dec. 2010), the new text does not follow scientific evidence on a number of important issues, in particular where the airlines’ commercial interest would be hurt. Money considerations outweigh safety considerations – yet again!