White Papers
Juba, South Sudan: A Case Study in Aviation Assistance 3 pages. [PDF 84K]
During March, 2011, the Aviation Safety Unit of the World Food Programme (WFP) contacted the Flight Safety Foundation regarding aviation safety problems in the emerging nation of South Sudan. The Foundation has an ongoing agreement with the WFP to provide technical assistance in aviation safety matters, but it was clear from the outset that this would be a special case.
The Best Rest 14 pages. [PDF 216K]
In the June 2010 issue of AeroSafety World (p. 40), the authors analyzed several flight and duty time limit regulation systems in use around the world for controlling fatigue. Subsequently, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for “Flight Crew Member Duty and Rest Requirements,” which has spurred significant discussion in the United States as pilots unions, airlines and others attempt to understand the implications of the proposed rules. In this article, the authors extend their previous analysis to consider the NPRM, as well as U.K. rules, outlined in Civil Air Publication 371, “The Avoidance of Fatigue in Aircrews.” We hope that this analysis, though limited, will inform the discussion.