Topic 4. Safety Management and Fatigue Management Fatigue continues to be a contributory factor in many accidents and incidents and continues to be an identified risk on operators’ hazard registries. Safety management, fatigue management and Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) are important principles that have a significant impact on ensuring safe operations. Global aviation bodies provide guidelines for managing fatigue while National Airworthiness Authorities have specific regulations defining operator requirements for Flight crew and provide specific Flight Time / Work Time Limitations. 1. Select a National Airworthiness Authority (NAA) (e.g., CASA, FAA, EASA, CAAC, HKCAD, or other NAA acceptable to the course convenor) and describe what they have regulated regarding work times. 2. Describe the effect of fatigue and how operators manage it. 3. Discuss if existing guidelines need to be revised due to extended range of new aircraft. 4. Discuss if fatigue requirements should be applicable across all sectors of the aviation industry (e.g., ATC, aircraft maintenance, etc.) other than just flight crew.