“Humans are not nocturnal,” said Dr. Mollicone. “This is a biological fact we cannot change or ignore. When we work at night we are working against our own biology increasing our level of fatigue risk and also putting those who are flying with us at risk.”

Dr. Mollicone’s presentation will address the specific tools, including biomathematical models to identify flights that pose an elevated fatigue risk above acceptable limits.

“The science of fatigue has seen great advances. We now have tools to quantitatively assess crew fatigue, forecast fatigue risk based on upcoming schedules, and apply practical interventions that reduce fatigue risk.”

Aerospace and aviation professionals primarily responsible for the following areas should plan to attend BASS: Design Safety, Manufacturing, Development, Training, Maintenance, Operations, and Regulation.

"The need to proactively mitigate the hazard of fatigue is clearly evidenced by the 24/7 nature of business aviation, the severity of consequences of fatigue, as well as the frequency of which fatigue is being reported a concern,” said Mark Larsen, NBAA’s Senior Manager of Safety & Flight Operations and the staff liaison to NBAA’s Safety Committee. “Therefore, NBAA recommends that business aviators proactively mitigate fatigue as part of a broader fitness for duty program applying to all individuals who perform safety-sensitive functions."

To learn more about how to take proactive steps to manage fatigue in business aviation, consider attending BASS 2016 on May 5-6 in Austin.