AVIATION WEEK

agenda

DAY ONE - Tuesday, October 13, 2009
8:00 am Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks from Forum Chairperson
FAA REVIEW
  • John Duncan, Manager of Flight Standards' Air Transportation Division, FAA 
9:00 am Keynote Session
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL & TRAINING STRATEGIES FOR FATIGUE RISK MITIGATION
In this innovative and compelling keynote address, Captain Simon Stewart will share the development of easyJet's Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) Performance model, which incorporates the causes and consequences of fatigue into the safety cycle. Integration between FRMS and the business functions, fatigue risk management process and indicators, and subsequent training transformation will be explored.
  • Capt. Simon Stewart, Head of Safety Development, easyJet
10:00 am REGULATORY APPROACHES FOR CREW FATIGUE
With the new developments on fatigue rules by the Aviation Rulemaking Committee, how will this impact policies and standards for operations?
  • Basil Barimo, VP Operations & Safety, Air Transport Association (ATA)
  • Jean-Marc Cluzeau, Rulemaking Directorate, Head of Flight Standards Department, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  • Roger Cohen, President, Regional Airline Association (RAA)
  • Capt. Paul McCarthy, ICAO Representative, International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA)
11:00 am Networking Coffee Break
11:15 am ICAO's FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TASK FORCE
ICAO is very active in the management of risks associated with flight-crew fatigue in commercial air transport operations. New ICAO provisions governing flight times, duty time and rest periods become applicable in November 2009. In addition, the Organization is already in the process of developing provisions for fatigue risk management systems to augment the new prescriptive fatigue provisions. To that end, it plans to form a multi-national and multi-organizational Fatigue Risk Management Systems Task Force (FRMSTF) to examine current practices in industry, regulatory developments, operator requirements, and physiological and aeronautical factors, in order to maintain a global perspective. ICAO is of the view that an internationally harmonized approach, based in part upon best practices worldwide, will provide the best possible means of assessing the myriad factors involved in developing effective fatigue risk management solutions.
  • Vince Galotti, Deputy Director, Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO
12:00 pm THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT PERSPECTIVE ON FATIGUE
Flight attendants are on board aircraft to assist in case of an aircraft emergency evacuation. They are in-flight first responders who are trained to handle smoke and fire incidents, medical emergencies including CPR and emergency births and they are the eyes and ears for the flightdeck in the event of a security incident. Given these responsibilities, an inability to function due to fatigue could seriously jeopardize the health, safety and security of the traveling public and other crewmembers.
  • Candace Kolander, Coordinator, Air Safety, Health and Security, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA)
12:30 pm Networking Luncheon
2:00 pm OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING FATIGUE RISKS
This session will focus on the unique fatigue concerns in a FAR 135 on-demand charter industry and crew training to drive awareness and countermeasures to mitigating fatigue risks. Flight Options has used a unique individual error tracking model (Pilot Reliability Certification training program) to address this concern.
  • Captain Dan Boedigheimer, Manager of Air Crew Standards, FlightOptions
2:45 pm BUILDING THE FATIGUE MANAGEMENT BUSINESS CASE
With the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) developing new standards for pilot flight time, many facets of operations, such as legal, financial and technical, will be impacted by the suggested solutions.
  • John Gadzinski, Director of Safety, The Coalition of Airline Pilots Association (CAPA)
  • Mike Michaelis, Chairman of National Safety Committee, Allied Pilots Association
3:30 pm Networking Refreshment Break
3:45 pm FATIGUE IN MAINTENANCE
With fatigue being an industry issue, root causes whether it's on the ground or in the air, must be addressed for safety risks to be reduced. It has to be a synchronized venture between airlines, unions and regulating agencies. US Airways and the International Federation of Airworthiness will address fatigue management issues and solutions in the maintenance field.
  • John Hall, Director of IAM Flight Safety, US Airways
  • Frank Jauregui, VP Americas, International Federation of Airworthiness
4:30 pm USING SCIENCE TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE FATIGUE COUNTERMEASURES
The FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute is involved in fatigue-related research with pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, ATCSs, and TechOps. This session will describe current research activities and the critical measures acquired to better understand the extent that fatigue impacts individual performance, as well as what can be proposed to mitigate and manage the effects of fatigue.
  • Dr. Katrina Bedell Avers, Research Scientist, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI)
  • Dr. Thomas E. Nesthus, Engineering Research Psychologist, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI)
5:30 pm Close of Day One & Networking Reception
DAY TWO - Wednesday, October 14, 2009
8:00 am Networking Breakfast
8:30 am Day Two Opening Address
REAL-WORLD FATIGUE AND PERFORMANCE MODELING
With so many factors affecting fatigue, real-time and thorough data must be collected to accurately manage risk, assess alertness and predict performance. Operations need to be customized accordingly to ensure safe and successful flights. Hear how Continental used the scientific method of data analysis and performance modeling for optimal flight safety.
  • Captain Don Gunther, Staff VP Safety, Continental Airlines
9:15 pm ENABLING FATIGUE MANAGEMENT IN PLANNING & SCHEDULING
The application of fatigue science to crew scheduling offers one of the most robust "layers" of protection in a Fatigue Risk Management System. Tools recently developed by Boeing and Jeppesen allow seamless integration of one or more fatigue models into an airlines' existing scheduling process. These tools can also be applied analytically to assess the impacts of new flight time schemes in terms of productivity and predicted alertness. In this presentation, we will demonstrate the current capabilities of the tool and briefly demonstrate how a newly developed "operational risk layer" function can be used to guide crew scheduling within an airlines SMS.
  • Emma Romig, Principal Investigator, Flight Deck Research & Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
10:00 am Networking Coffee Break
10:15 am Strategies & Solutions Exchange
FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  • Existing and New Practices and Approaches
  • Validation Efforts
The Strategies and Solutions Exchange will allow delegates at the Crew Fatigue Forum to work in collaboration to identify actionable takeaways for implementing or improving their Fatigue Risk Management Systems FRMS In this session, we'll discuss how to collaborate with integral stakeholders on incorporating FRMS into an effective safety management program.
  • Dr. Gregory Belenky, Research Professor and Director, Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center
11:30 am Presentations by Strategies and Solutions Exchange Sub-Groups
12:00 pm 2009 Fatigue Management Forum Concludes