On 14th April 2025, the Cargolux Aviation Safety Department (ASD) issued a Safety Bulletin, in which two additional Fatigue Report Forms are introduced.
The ALPL Divisional Board encourages every pilot to participate and make use of these forms, preferably on every flight.
As explained in the Bulletin, it is potentially a fast and easy way for pilots to give feedback to Cargolux and to enable the ASD to collect more data related to fatigue on our network. We expect that it will contribute to accurate data and a more proactive way in generating better pairings regarding fatigue mitigation.
While the feedback concerning your self-assessment at TOD will be important, particularly the amount of Controlled Rest used on our flights will be valuable information and the form can easily be filled out during the flight after making use of the Controlled Rest.
In our recent series of videos on “Pilot Fatigue – Fatigue and Performance” we attached a document from the Flight Safety Foundation on Controlled Rest on our website. Please click on the link below to read this document.
Flight Safety Foundation – Controlled Rest
In this context, please note that:
“CR on the flight deck is a short sleep opportunity, defined by ICAO (2015) as an effective mitigation strategy to be used as needed in response to unanticipated fatigue experienced during flight operations. It should not be used as a scheduling tool (more details on page 3). Please note the difference between Controlled Rest and In-Flight rest where we use our bunks.”
EASA is currently looking at the effectiveness of the FTL’s in the EU and their recent survey on Controlled Rest (CR) showed the following results:
- CR was used in 27.1% of the flights
- Highest prevalence during long and medium haul
- Mostly during night flights and early starts
- Pilots who take CR fall asleep 65.9% of the times
- Mean duration of the CR sleep was 24.1 minutes
Please note that these additional reports do not substitute the required Fatigue Reports as per OM-A 11.2 “Reportable Occurrences”, whenever you experience fatigue impacting or potentially impacting your ability to perform your flight duties safely. This also includes Controlled Rest on the flight deck when used as a fatigue mitigation.
Furthermore, please ensure that the IQSMS App on your company iPad is updated to the latest version to access the additional forms. We also recommend opening the App before each flight so that all relevant flight data is already available and pre-filled when you open the form in-flight. This will help reduce your workload.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to send an email to cvboard@alpl.lu, and remember that we as pilots must contribute to the reporting system.
Thank you very much!
