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The report by Professor Simon Folkard on Work Hours of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel was published on the RAeS website on July 16th 2002, and has been subsequently issued as a CAA paper (2002_06) in March 2003. This report contains the results of an independent study carried out by Professor Folkard, funded by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The work was commissioned largely in response to concerns expressed via the Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) that excessive hours worked by some maintenance personnel posed an aviation safety risk.
The report is a scientific paper concerning the subject of work hours and fatigue. Please note that the recommendations are those of the author, Professor Folkard, and do not at this stage constitute formal, or informal, CAA policy regarding duty time limitations for maintenance personnel.
Professor Folkard presented his research at the two RAeS fatigue conferences in October. The first took place on 23rd October 2002, at the Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1, entitled Fatigue and Working Hours in Aviation.
The second conference wss maintenance specific and took place at RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, on 24th October 2002. Details of these conferences may be found on the Fatigue in Aviation Maintenance conference page.
Click here to download a copy of the full report (60 pages) as published on the RAeS website. The CAA paper contains a few minor differences, and a copy may be obtained from the CAA website (publications).