EU: report recommends working time limits in aviation

Recommendations of the scientific report. Yet, according to the report published in January, to avoid fatigue for the crew and therefore risks for passengers: 
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sks of fatigue for crew members. For the moment, the EASA doesn’t take account of this report in the consultation to update European regulations on air safety. (Ref. 090452)

Current regulations. A report presented on January 22, 2009 shows that European rules do not provide enough working time limits in the aviation. The report, written by scientific experts, was called for by the European Parliament when the EU OPS regulation was adopted in 2006, revising Regulation 3922/91 on the harmonizati

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