Fatigue Risk Management in Aviation Maintenance: Current Best Practices and Potential Future Countermeasures

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• Creators:
  Hobbs, Alan ; Bedell Avers, Katrina ; Hiles, John J.
• Corporate Creators:
  Ames Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Flight Standards Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aviation safety
  • Fatigue (Physiological condition)
  • Alertness
  • Maintenance Maintenance
  • Human fatigue
  • Alertness
  • Fatigue risk management
  • FRMS
  • Countermeasures
  • Hours-of-service
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-11/10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Abstract:
  The unregulated hours and frequent night work characteristic of maintenance can produce significant levels of ; employee fatigue, with a resultant risk of maintenance error. Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) are ; widely used to manage fatigue among flight crew and drivers of commercial vehicles, but comprehensive ; approaches to fatigue risk management are still uncommon within maintenance organizations. In the wider ; transport industry, the objective of most FRMS has been to reduce fatigue to an acceptable level. Two additional ; objectives can be identified for FRMS in the maintenance environment: reducing or capturing fatigue-related ; errors, and minimizing the harm caused by fatigue-related errors. A range of countermeasures can help to achieve ; these three objectives in aviation maintenance. Some of these countermeasures are currently being applied within ; the industry, while others may become feasible in the future. ; The data available on best practices for fatigue risk management in aviation maintenance are continually ; evolving. This should be considered an interim report.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20808/dot_20808_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.54 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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