Plan rest within an ATC roster

ATC coverage and controller rest belong in the same planning conversation. Night duties, rotating shifts and short-notice changes make it important to see the full pattern.

The roster records planned work and rest. It does not measure how well a person has slept or determine whether they are fit for duty. Those questions belong within the organisation’s fatigue-reporting and occupational-health processes.

Bring the pattern into view

Review the sequence of duties and days off across the full roster period. Consider the configured limits for duty length, consecutive duties, breaks, night work and rest between duties.

A view of individual shifts is insufficient when a change affects the duties before or after it. Planners need to assess the pattern and the accumulated working time.

Check what changed

An absence, additional duty or shift swap can alter a rest opportunity that appeared adequate in the original plan. Establish who checks those changes, what rules apply and how approved updates reach staff.

Compare planned and worked hours so that later decisions use the relevant records. Staff should also know how to raise a fatigue concern through the organisation’s established process.

Use the rules in the roster

SkyRoster supports configurable rostering constraints and staff-request workflows. Planners can use rule checks to identify where a proposed assignment conflicts with the configured policy and review alternatives.

These checks do not establish an individual’s fatigue level or guarantee a health outcome. The value of the system is in making defined scheduling requirements easier to apply and review consistently.

See rostering requirements and guidance and the rule catalogue for more detail.

Updated September 2026: unsupported medical advice and the claim that SkyRoster tracks an individual fatigue index have been removed.