AMC1 ORO.FTL.120(b)(6) Fatigue risk management (FRM)    

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

CAT OPERATORS FRM SAFETY ASSURANCE PROCESSES

The operator should develop and maintain FRM safety assurance processes to:

(a) provide for continuous FRM performance monitoring, analysis of trends, and measurement to validate the effectiveness of the fatigue safety risk controls. The sources of data may include, but are not limited to:

    (1) hazard reporting and investigations;

    (2) audits and surveys; and

    (3) reviews and fatigue studies;

(b) provide a formal process for the management of change which should include, but is not limited to:

    (1) identification of changes in the operational environment that may affect FRM;

    (2) identification of changes within the organisation that may affect FRM; and

    (3) consideration of available tools which could be used to maintain or improve FRM performance prior to implementing changes; and

(c) provide for the continuous improvement of FRM. This should include, but is not limited to:

    (1) the elimination and/or modification of risk controls have had unintended consequences or that are no longer needed due to changes in the operational or organisational environment;

    (2) routine evaluations of facilities, equipment, documentation and procedures; and

    (3) the determination of the need to introduce new processes and procedures to mitigate emerging fatigue-related risks.