Position Paper IFALPA: Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) Overview & Guidance

In July 2011, ICAO, IATA, and IFALPA developed and co-branded the first edition of the Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) Implementation Guide for Operators. This guidance has been adopted around the world as a successful path to implement an FRMS (...)

Position Paper IFALPA: Interval Management

Interval Management (IM) is an Airborne Surveillance Application (ASA) and provides new means of managing traffic flows and spacing of aircraft based on specific ground and airborne capabilities. It allows the flight crew of a suitably equipped aircraft (so called “IM aircraft”) to achieve and/or maintain an assigned spacing in respect to a designated preceding aircraft, called the “target aircraft” (...)

Joint IATA/IFALPA Statement on Fatigue Management

IFALPA and IATA have worked together to prepare a joint statement calling on Operators to return to the use of existing flight and duty time limits (FTLs) or an approved Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS), as international operations start to recover. ICAO introduced alleviations, or temporary exceptions to existing regulations, to support the continuation of urgent operations in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, extensions to FTLs were granted for rare and exceptional circumstances seen at the beginning of the pandemic. As the situation is now more predictable, Operators are encouraged to work within the existing FTLs, or approved FRMS, and make adaptive mitigations as necessary to avoid extensions.