Schedule Pressures

Competition and financial reasons have led airlines to set punctuality goals. Flight schedules may even be unrealistic and turnaround times excessively short, which deprives the employees of the possibility of achieving the punctuality goals. Recognized schedule pressures may affect their work in a manner that degrades flight safety.

EASA investigates whether the current airline schedules are realistic or not, and also determine their possible negative effects on the procedures of commercial aviation and thence on flight safety.

An earlier study (Eurocontrol, 2015) has shown that delays in commercial aviation are increasing.

Competition and financial reasons have led airlines to set punctuality goals. Flight schedules may even be unrealistic and turnaround times excessively short, which deprives the employees of the possibility of achieving the punctuality goals. Recognized schedule pressures may affect their work in a manner that degrades flight safety.