2025 Agenda

As aviation systems become more complex, the greatest emerging risks are no longer only technical, they are human. Fatigue, cognitive overload, mental health stigma, and fear of disclosure continue to undermine safety, decision-making, and workforce sustainability across aviation operations.

This session explores how safety-critical organisations can move beyond awareness campaigns and peer-support models toward structured, evidence-based systems that enable early detection, safe disclosure, and effective return-to-work pathways, without compromising operational integrity.

Drawing on global aviation case insights and operational risk data, the session will examine where current approaches fall short and what leading organisations are doing differently to embed psychological safety, fatigue risk management, and human sustainability into their safety frameworks.