A dispatcher reported being required to work unplanned schedules that were inimical to his establish...

Narrative:

I was junior manned for a 10 hour shift beginning at 0400L. I was unable to get the amount of rest I needed to safely exercise operational control. The week before; I was scheduled for [regular] shifts starting at 1400L; and I was unable to shift my body clock to the new start time of with only one day off. I have either been junior manned or threatened to be junior manned for each weekend of my days off for the last 4 weeks; which has added to my stress and fatigue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dispatcher reported being required to work unplanned schedules that were inimical to his established diurnal body clock; resulting in deteriorated ability to exercise operational control of his/her flights.

Narrative: I was junior manned for a 10 hour shift beginning at 0400L. I was unable to get the amount of rest I needed to safely exercise operational control. The week before; I was scheduled for [regular] shifts starting at 1400L; and I was unable to shift my body clock to the new start time of with only one day off. I have either been junior manned or threatened to be junior manned for each weekend of my days off for the last 4 weeks; which has added to my stress and fatigue.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1155583
Time
Date	201403
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

A dispatcher reported being required to work unplanned schedules that were inimical to his established diurnal body clock; resulting in deteriorated ability to exercise operational control of his/her flights.