Chapter 6

From Flight Time Limitations to Fatigue Risk Management Systems – A Way Toward Resilience

P. Cabon, S. Deharvengt, I. Berechet, J.Y. Grau, N. Maille and R. Mollard

Because of the development of the 24/7 operations in various industries, human fatigue is today considered as one of the major risks for safety. To date, the prescriptive approach through the regulation of duty hours is the traditional way to prevent fatigue. However, besides the inherent rigidity of regulations from an operational point of view, this often fails to take into account all of the complex dimensions of fatigue. In order to cope with this complexity, Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) are progressively emerging. Rather than setting absolute duty time limitations, ...

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