Dr Alexandra Holmes is Research Director in our Fatigue Risk Management Team, specialising in scientific safety cases and the implementation of Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) in aviation. With a PhD exploring the health effects of sleep loss and shift work, Alex is a current member of the ICAO Helicopter Fatigue Management Task Force and assists the UK CAA and Irish CAA to evaluate FRMS applications and safety cases.
Alex worked closely with easyJet to assist the company to become the first European airline to implement an FRMS. She has recently completed a two-year project with Southwest Airlines to implement the first system-wide FRMS in the US.
Alex has managed multiple Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) programmes and large research projects to explore the causes and consequences of pilot fatigue. She has undertaken scientific studies of the sleep, fatigue and performance of pilots working for Air France, Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways.
