00:00 Being a pilot is no doubt a stressful job that comes with considerable responsibility.
00:05 After all, the lives of hundreds of people are in your hands.
00:08 However, in Europe, that doesn't seem to be stopping many pilots from literally sleeping
00:12 on the job.
00:13 According to aviation safety consultancy Bain Simmons, 75% of the nearly 7,000 commercial
00:19 pilot respondents said they often take micro-sleeps while operating aircrafts.
00:24 What's more, 25% said they had five or more "brief, uncontrolled periods of sleep"
00:29 in only the month leading up to the survey, highlighting what many travelers would no
00:33 doubt say are highly concerning levels of fatigue amongst pilots.
00:37 According to the report, the cause of this fatigue may be within, for example due to
00:41 rosters or outside, for example due to poor sleep at home, the operation.
00:46 But the risk sits within the operation, and therefore must be managed.
00:50 Fewer than 25% of respondents indicated they believed this epidemic of fatigue amongst
00:55 commercial pilots was very or mostly well managed.
00:59 Pilots do have a means of reporting fatigue.
01:01 However, only 10% of respondents said reports have led to operational changes to improve
01:06 safety with around 75% of pilots reporting they either always, usually, or sometimes
01:13 didn't have enough rest period between scheduled duties.
01:16 (upbeat music)
