December 15, 2011
CrewAlert 1.6 is now released on Appstore and supports fatigue reporting. The report is initiated by tapping (and holding for a few seconds) on the time line. After selecting the time for the report a pre-populated form will appear where more details can be added. The report is then sent as an e-mail to the safety department and contains a text-report for easy import into excel or an SMS solution. The report is also pre-modeled with BAM. The new iPhone app CrewAlert Lite was also released today leading up to new pricing: CrewAlert Lite comes from $2 while the full version is elevated to $30.

October 10, 2011
CrewAlert 1.5 is now released on Appstore. This somewhat more extensive update adds the concept of sleep quality and “external awakening” to sleep periods – which will enable even better precision of sleep predictions going forward. Release 1.5 will also demand provisioning of user consent at data upload so that Jeppesen can use the data in collaboration with scientists to publish validation and model-tuning work openly in scientific journals. The release also corrects a problem with using scenarios and uploading data. We are now ready for FDC2011 – please see, and consider signing up on the FDC2011 page.

August 26, 2011
We are happy to announce that a new release of CrewAlert has been uploaded to Apple for approval. Within short, hopefully in time for the Montreal meeting beginning August 30, CrewAlert will display local light conditions and also accept input of IATA airport codes.

July 4, 2011
Rosterbuster with CrewAlert! The popular roster export tool Rosterbuster can now send rosters straight to CrewAlert. For more information please visit www.rosterbuster.com. 

May 10, 2011
CrewAlert and LogTen now compatible! Since a few days back the LogTen app from Coradine Aviation is able to send flights over to CrewAlert. Read more on LogTen at www.coradine.com.

Feb 23, 2011
CrewAlert version 1.3. is now available on the iTunes App Store. The release allows for creation of several parallel scenarios. The tutorial will be updated within short to describe this functionality more in detail.

Jan 17, 2011
The minor bug we found in version 1.2.2 has been fixed. CrewAlert version 1.2.3. is now available on the iTunes App Store. 

Jan 13, 2011
We have encountered problems with version 1.2.2 that could cause crashes for some users. We have for this reason temporarily halted sales/updates on most markets. An update is on-going and CrewAlert should be back on the iTunes App Store within a few days. Sorry for any inconvenience! 

Dec 2, 2010
Version 1.2 of CrewAlert has just been released on iTunes. Also, a new FAQ in pdf format is available (See link under the tab More Information). 

Nov 11, 2010
In the June 2010 issue of AeroSafety World, we analyzed several flight and duty time limit regulation systems in use around the world for controlling fatigue. Subsequently, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for “Flight Crew Member Duty and Rest Requirements,” which has spurred significant discussion in the United States as pilots unions, airlines and others attempt to understand the implications of the proposed rules.

In a new article, the authors extend their previous analysis to consider the NPRM, as well as U.K. rules, outlined in Civil Air Publication 371, “The Avoidance of Fatigue in Aircrews.”

Nov 1st, 2010
CrewAlert 1.1 is now available on Appstore. This updated version “closes the loop” enabling airlines to collect fatigue-related data using CrewAlert and bringing it back to model improvement and validation. The functionality allows also for independent pilots to share their experiences uploading their schedule, actual sleep and alertness assessments and receive updated BAM parameters in exchange for their data. 

For the first time there is now a solution available that schedules crew using sleep science, follows up what is actually experienced in operation, and then bring it back to model validation and improvement. Stay tuned for version 1.2!

• CrewAlert provides the functionality of much more expensive alertness modeling products at a fraction of the cost.
• As flight and duty time limits increasingly move towards Fatigue Risk Management Systems, tools like CrewAlert will become increasingly useful for managing fatigue in any airline operation.
• While CrewAlert is designed with flight deck and cabin crews in mind, it is applicable to any 24/7 operation where human performance is crucial to safety. 

 

For Crew

• CrewAlert allows flight and cabin crew to build scenarios based on planned or actual flight and duty schedule.  After entering a few key pieces of information, including departure and arrival time, number of legs (sectors), and time zone shift, CrewAlert allows crew members to visualize the impact of planned schedule on future alertness (according to BAM).
• CrewAlert allows crews to build sleep journals of either actual or planned sleep.  The sleep journal functionality can be used to investigate potential sleep strategies – to see which available sleep strategy best follows the available science.
• CrewAlert allows crews to collect sleep and alertness data for their own use.  By keeping records of sleep and alertness, crews can discover what strategies work best for them.

 

For Crew Schedulers

• CrewAlert is a useful tool for visualizing how scheduling decisions affect the crew members that are being scheduled.
• CrewAlert allows schedulers to investigate the causes of recurring problems in schedules and to consider alternatives to patterns which consistently result in crew fatigue reports.
• Future releases of CrewAlert will support server-based communication, allowing schedulers to publish crew schedules via a server directly to CrewAlert. This will ensure that all crew members have the most up to date and correctly implemented schedule information to facilitate discussions of fatigue.

 

For Airline Safety Officers

• Crew Alert can become a part of an airline’s Fatigue Risk Management System – allowing crew, schedulers, and safety officers to visualize fatiguing patterns and to look for solutions.
• Future releases of CrewAlert will support fatigue reporting and data collection. By enabling these features (both from the airline and crew side) fatigue, sleep, and performance data can be collected as part of the basis for establishing an airline’s FRMS.  Note: Data collection cannot be enabled without the end-users consent and cooperation.