Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77068

Aviation: Crew

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of trends in levels of fatigue among pilots flying in UK airspace.

Answer

Keir Mather
There are stringent regulations in place to prevent pilot fatigue. The risk of flight crew fatigue is managed under the flight time limitation regulations which limit the number of hours pilots can be on duty.  The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), as the U...
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