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AC 120-115 - Maintainer Fatigue Risk Management

Document Information

Number
120-115
Title
Maintainer Fatigue Risk Management
Status
Active
Date issued
2016-12-02
Office of Primary Responsibility
AFS-300
Description

This advisory circular (AC):

1. Describes the basic concepts of human fatigue and how it relates to safety for aviation maintenance organizations and individual maintainers.

2. Provides information on Fatigue Risk Management (FRM) in terms of fatigue hazards and mitigation strategies specific to aviation maintainers.

3. Describes the benefits of implementing FRM methods within aviation maintenance organizations.

4. Identifies methods for integrating FRM within a Safety Management System (SMS) (if applicable). Note: This AC is informational and is not mandatory. It does not constitute a regulation.

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