The instrument
The article, verbatim
In accordance with point ATS.OR.200 (Safety Management System), an air traffic control service provider shall:
(a) develop and maintain a policy for the management of air traffic controllers' fatigue;
(b) provide air traffic controllers with information programmes on the prevention of fatigue, complementing human factors training provided in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 of Subpart D of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/340.
AMC1 ATS.OR.315(a), Fatigue Management Policy, verbatim
(a) The air traffic controllers' fatigue management policy should:
- declare the commitment to proactively and systematically monitor and manage fatigue and describe the expected benefits for the safety of operations;
- be signed by the accountable manager;
- address the mitigation of the operational impact of air traffic controllers' fatigue;
- be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the air traffic control service provider;
- include a commitment to:
- consider the best practices;
- provide appropriate resources; and
- enforce fatigue management as a responsibility of managers, staff involved in fatigue management procedures and air traffic controllers;
- be periodically reviewed to ensure it remains relevant and appropriate.
(b) In accordance with the policy in point (a), the air traffic control service provider should establish and implement:
- principles and procedures to enable fatigue reporting;
- principles and procedures for occurrence investigation and analysis to consider fatigue as contributing factor;
- procedures for the identification and management of the effect of fatigue on the safety of operations.