Skip to main content

Table 4 Crew testers and test moment design

From: Flight crew fatigue risk assessment for international flights under the COVID-19 outbreak response exemption policy

Crew type

Test moment (one way)

Flight crew for each phase

All flight crew

Take-off crewa

Measured within 20 minutes of take-off and end of shift duties (start of in-flight rest);

Measured within 20 minutes prior to taking over again.

Measured 2 hours prior to take-off;

Measured before leaving the aircraft.

Cruising crewb

Measured within 20 minutes prior to the start of the shift;

Measured within 20 minutes of the end of the current shift assignment.

Landing crewa

Measured within 20 minutes prior to shift start;

  1. aUsually, one way take-off/landing with the same crew according to the internal rotation arrangement; b usually one way according to the design arrangement of 1 rotation