A group of airlines working with UK research company Qinetiq has set up a fatigue risk management forum to help the industry share best practice in controlling the dangers of pilot, cabin crew and engineer fatigue.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation has already ruled that fatigue risk management systems (FRMS) should become standard in the industry - over and above flight time limitations - and the European Aviation Safety Agency is preparing to mandate FRMS as a part of every airline’s safety management system (SMS).

At Qinetiq’s main base in Farnborough, UK, delegates from 52 organisations all over the world met to agree arrangements for launching the Fatigue and Risk Management Forum. On 8 May they unanimously voted the organisation into existence. The main airline players involved in setting up the forum are Air New Zealand, EasyJet, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic, but many more carriers

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