European Pilots Report Cockpit Microsleeps (paddleyourownkanoo.com)
A European Cockpit Association survey of 7,200 pilots found that more than three-quarters experienced microsleeps in the cockpit within four weeks. Three in five respondents feared career repercussions for refusing to extend duty hours under Commander’s Discretion rules. The study indicates no significant improvement in fatigue risk management since 2021, with low-cost carriers and airlines based in Ireland and Malta showing the highest rates of unreported fatigue.
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Aviation.Direct's writeup of the Baines Simmons report adds a couple of useful numbers: 69.1% of pilots feared repercussions for refusing a Commander's Discretion extension (up from 65.8% in the 2023 survey), and only 15.6% at low-cost carriers and 18.6% at wet-lease/ACMI operators rated their employer's fatigue management positively. [1] It'll be interesting to see whether EASA looks at ACMI operators specifically, since they came out near the bottom.
[1] aviation.direct/en/europaweite-studie-z…