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BAROMETR - информационный сборник ECA (Европеской Ассоциации лётного состава) о влиянии усталости пилотов на безопасность полётов:
https://www.eurocockpit.be/stories/20121105/barometer-on-pilot-fatigue
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Barometer on pilot fatigue
Over the last few years, fatigue among pilots and cabin crew has become a genuine concern in the aviation world....
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The 2012 Barometer on Pilot Fatigue brings together several surveys on pilot fatigue carried out by Member Associations of the European Cockpit Association. Between 2010 and 2012, more than 6.000 European pilots have been asked to self-assess the level of fatigue they are experiencing.
The surveys confirm that pilot fatigue is common, dangerous and an under-reported phenomenon in Europe.
• Over 50% of surveyed pilots experience fatigue as impairing their ability to perform well while on flight duty.
• 4 out of 5 pilots have to cope with fatigue while in the cockpit, according to polls carried out in Austria (85%), Sweden (89%), Germany (92%) and Denmark (93%).
• A common indicator of the problem is that fatigued pilots are prone to fall asleep or experience episodes of micro-sleep in the cockpit. In the UK (43%), Denmark (50%), Norway (53%) and Sweden (54%) the surveyed pilots reported falling asleep involuntarily in the cockpit while flying. In the UK, a third of the pilots said to have woken up finding their colleague sleeping as well. 65% of Dutch and French pilots stated they have trouble with “heavy eyelids” during flight.
• Yet, fearing disciplinary actions or stigmatization by the employer or colleagues, 70-80% of fatigued pilots would not file a fatigue report or declare to be unfit to fly. Only 20-30% will report unfit for duty or file a report under such an occurrence.
• More than 3 out of 5 pilots in Sweden (71%), Norway (79%) and Denmark (80-90%) acknowledge to have already made mistakes due to fatigue, while in Germany it was 4 out of 5 pilots.
Being the first of its kind, this Barometer is a first step towards closing the gap between operational reality – as assessed by airline pilots – and official statistics that so far have failed to capture this phenomenon and its potential impact on flight safety.
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