submission - Independent Pilots Association

emprricallr ascenalned. Ho*ever. it is clcar thar tlrcr activitics would ccnt¡ibute to fati¡ue in the
lorm of turr since ag.ake. Consequcntl¡,. it ma¡ tr appropriate to limit tþsc activitics in e¡thcr of
t \^ o \¡'a\ i
o r,\'irh rcspccr to whcn tlrcy occur rclativc ro flight ti¡nc so s5 ¡e ¡rcid pilots achieving high
tinr-since'awakc levcls during flight lin: pcriods'
. hor.idc maximum lcvels for ¡lrçsc activitbs comparablc to duty PÊrid tirrr lcvels-
othcr duç'Pcriod ætivi
s¡ggcts iù p-pot"ft
úrã sincc awake, wind
ahcr bo¡r hþæ frcrors (c'g',
duty pcrioû)Eey bc appropriare.
The rclaiooship bctwecn task rype and fatigræ buildup i.o ùc avia¡ion dæain rcmains to be
derermined. The demands plæcd on long-haut pilos are clcarly difrcæu Éom thosc of tbc
:lþrdriven airplaæ wiù limitcd autoroation.
Þ lcg of si¡ or rpre bq¡r Thc rnain task-rclaæd
¡itive fatigrrc dr¡e to vigfúcc. Thc regiooal pilot.
lr¡c to thc high wortload ilvolvcd in pcrforming
sir or roore akeoffs and landings. For this ¡eason. it may prove nec€ssåry to develop scparatc
re-Eulations that a¡e appropnare for each major tlPc of oPcra¡ion'
DurY Period Extemions
The re;:¡::h cired on dun FnùJ durarron sugtesls th¡l dut' pcnods a: -xabove ll houn a¡e
assocraæJ *lrh a highcr nsk of eror This factor. together r¡lth thc tunc-s¡occ'a',r'a]