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B757 first officer reports a fatigue call after being unable to get proper rest for a flight departing 24 hours after arriving on a red eye flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1020291 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201207 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SJC.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 480 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Fatigue |
Narrative:
This is a fatigue report. I had landed [early morning] after flying the all night from hawaii. As usual; we must be phone available during our rest period. I attempted to sleep once I arrived at residence that morning. My phone rang three times including a call from the crew desk who assigned me a trip for a departure the next morning. I accepted the assignment but was extremely fatigued having been up for over 24 hours at that point. I slept for 5 hours that night and when the alarm went off early for me to now get ready and drive to the airport; I was almost incoherent. I called crew scheduling and advised I was unfit to fly. I would have had less than 7 hours of sleep over two segments in the previous 48 hours. This airline continues to assign these unsafe situations including early short calls after all nighters and it must stop. We cannot do this sort of thing in the name of health and safety. It is egregious to expect a pilot to fly three different shifts in a three day period and perform to expected safety standards for the amount of responsibility we assume with this job.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 First Officer reports a fatigue call after being unable to get proper rest for a flight departing 24 hours after arriving on a Red Eye flight.
Narrative: This is a fatigue report. I had landed [early morning] after flying the all night from Hawaii. As usual; we must be phone available during our rest period. I attempted to sleep once I arrived at residence that morning. My phone rang three times including a call from the crew desk who assigned me a trip for a departure the next morning. I accepted the assignment but was extremely fatigued having been up for over 24 hours at that point. I slept for 5 hours that night and when the alarm went off early for me to now get ready and drive to the airport; I was almost incoherent. I called Crew Scheduling and advised I was unfit to fly. I would have had less than 7 hours of sleep over two segments in the previous 48 hours. This airline continues to assign these unsafe situations including early short calls after all nighters and it must stop. We cannot do this sort of thing in the name of health and safety. It is egregious to expect a pilot to fly three different shifts in a three day period and perform to expected safety standards for the amount of responsibility we assume with this job.
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.