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An international relief pilot addressed his inability to get required sleep in the crew rest facility of his fleet due to noises associated with cockpit door; a nearby lavatory and the release and reattachment of the cockpit security door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1010279 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201205 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Relief Pilot Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Fatigue |
Narrative:
I was one of two relief pilots on the first rest breaks of a mainland/japan/mainland sequence. On both flights I attempted to get some sleep in the lower bunk of the pilot crew rest area and on both flights I was awakened several times by noise from the security barrier being attached/detached from the rest area sidewall as well as noise from the cockpit door opening/closing and noise from the forward lavatory toilet flushing. The poor design of the security barrier was a major contributing factor. The proximity of the pilot crew rest facility to the cockpit door and forward lavatory were contributing factors to my interrupted rest. When I returned to the cockpit for the second half of each flight I was fatigued and was fatigued for the remainder of the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An International Relief Pilot addressed his inability to get required sleep in the crew rest facility of his fleet due to noises associated with cockpit door; a nearby lavatory and the release and reattachment of the cockpit security door.
Narrative: I was one of two relief pilots on the first rest breaks of a mainland/Japan/mainland sequence. On both flights I attempted to get some sleep in the lower bunk of the pilot crew rest area and on both flights I was awakened several times by noise from the security barrier being attached/detached from the rest area sidewall as well as noise from the cockpit door opening/closing and noise from the forward lavatory toilet flushing. The poor design of the security barrier was a major contributing factor. The proximity of the pilot crew rest facility to the cockpit door and forward lavatory were contributing factors to my interrupted rest. When I returned to the cockpit for the second half of each flight I was fatigued and was fatigued for the remainder of the flight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.