Flight attendant complains of a headache and is informed by another flight attendant that the pilots...

Narrative:

Please note that I could only select one flight but this applies to all my flights on an airbus. I was feeling fatigued; had a major headache and felt very nauseous. I discovered that my flying partners also had headaches and one of them explained to me that the pilots had been instructed by the company to provide less oxygen to the cabin. I was in disbelief but upon asking the flight deck it was indeed confirmed. I cannot imagine who would think that this was acceptable. We are on our feet all day and at the very least we deserve oxygen! This trip had very little rest after the first night and it also brings up the subject of duty days. I believe that we deserve no less than 15 hours for a layover. The time it takes to get to the hotel and actually in your room and then the time it takes to report for duty the following day is not even considered. We are not machines and all the studies state that the required minimum amount of sleep is 8 hours. We deserve to have adequate rest and there is no question that we deserve to have adequate oxygen in order to perform better and feel better.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant complains of a headache and is informed by another Flight Attendant that the pilots had been instructed by the company to provide less oxygen to the cabin.

Narrative: Please note that I could only select one flight but this applies to all my flights on an Airbus. I was feeling fatigued; had a major headache and felt very nauseous. I discovered that my flying partners also had headaches and one of them explained to me that the pilots had been instructed by the company to provide less oxygen to the cabin. I was in disbelief but upon asking the flight deck it was indeed confirmed. I cannot imagine who would think that this was acceptable. We are on our feet all day and at the very least we deserve oxygen! This trip had very little rest after the first night and it also brings up the subject of duty days. I believe that we deserve no less than 15 hours for a layover. The time it takes to get to the hotel and actually in your room and then the time it takes to report for duty the following day is not even considered. We are not machines and all the studies state that the required minimum amount of sleep is 8 hours. We deserve to have adequate rest and there is no question that we deserve to have adequate oxygen in order to perform better and feel better.

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	1230221
Time
Date	201501
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Flight attendant complains of a headache and is informed by another flight attendant that the pilots had been instructed by the company to provide less oxygen to the cabin.