Fatigue and Working Hours in Aviation

Rev27 Oct02

Fatigue and Working Hours in Aviation

the Royal Aeronautical Society Human Factors Group
RAes, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1
23 October 2002

The conference addressed fatigue in aviation, covering both flight operations and maintenance. A seminar was also held the day after, at RAF Bentley Priory, which addressed maintenance fatigue issues Programme

The conference flyer listed scheduled papers, There was also an additional paper presented by BALPA, not listed in the flyer, plus a paper summarising the work of the ICAO committee looking at flight time limitations. Proceedings may be purchased from the RAeS conference office.

Programme Summary:
Welcome, by Pieter Hemsley, Chairman RAeS HFG
Jim Lyons, Assistant to the Operations Director, JAA
Tim Scorer
Dr. Ian Perry - Senior Consultant in Aviation Medecine
Mick Spencer - Principal Scientist, Centre for Human Sciences, Qinetiq
BALPA paper
Prof. Simon Folkard - Dept. of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea.
Prof. Drew Dawson - Director, Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia
The proceedings of the conference will be published by the Royal Aeronautical Society. For further information please contact the Senior Conference Officer, Royal Aeronautical Society, 3 Hamilton Place, London W1, UK.

Presentations

Presentation materials additional to the proceedings may be posted once cleared by the speakers. All presentations are copyright (c) 2002 by their authors.)

Notes:
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Work Hours of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel, by Simon Folkard D.Sc.:
Maintenance Error Management System (MEMS): described in July 30 Focus on Maintenance.
Prof. Drew Dawson, Extended Work Hours in Australia - Counting the Costs.
Fatigue Expert Group: Options for Regulatory Approach to Fatigue in Drivers of Heavy Vehicles in Australia and New Zealand.