India’s biggest airline IndiGo wants to test fatigue among its pilots using smartwatches and plans to appoint a consultant to improve its fatigue risk management processes, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Pilots can volunteer for trials that will use a fatigue management tool from Thales, and the data collected will be analysed anonymously, said the memo sent to all pilots by Ashim Mittra, head of IndiGo’s flight operations department.
“IndiGo will test Thales’ fatigue management tool to assess pilot alertness levels over the next few months. Once completed, we will collectively evaluate the efficacy and accuracy of the data,” Mittra said in the memo sent this week, and reviewed by Reuters on Thursday.
