ATS.OR.320 Air traffic controllers' rostering system(s)

(a)An air traffic control service provider shall develop, implement and monitor a rostering system in order to manage the risks of occupational fatigue of air traffic controllers through a safe alternation of duty and rest periods. Within the rostering system, the air traffic control service provider shall specify the following elements:

(1)maximum consecutive working days with duty;

(2)maximum hours per duty period;

(3)maximum time providing air traffic control service without breaks;

(4)the ratio of duty periods to breaks when providing air traffic control service;

(5)minimum rest periods;

(6)maximum consecutive duty periods encroaching the night time, if applicable, depending upon the operating hours of the air traffic control unit concerned;

(7)minimum rest period after a duty period encroaching the night time;

(8)minimum number of rest periods within a roster cycle.

(b)An air traffic control services provider shall consult those air traffic controllers who will be subject to the rostering system, or, as applicable, their representatives, during its development and its application, to identify and mitigate risks concerning fatigue which could be due to the rostering system itself.