Reporter complains of extreme fatigue caused by air carrier schedule and lack of rest.

Attributes
ACN	147525
Time
Date	199006
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msn
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 2500
ASRS Report	147525
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The commuter airline I fly for is insistent on stand up overnights continuous duty overnights. We fly late at night to destination, then got 4 hours sleep and then are required to fly 3 trips afterward pushing the duty time to the 16 hours on 4 hours rest. Both myself and my first officer were extremely fatigued to be flying. We accepted the trip only because it was VFR. Had it been IFR the trip couldn't have been completed safely. This is becoming the daily practice for the commuter and is a guaranteed accident waiting to happen. Crews are flying in a comatose state of mind in the chicago area. Although the trip was legal, it should be an outlawed scheduling practice.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: REPORTER COMPLAINS OF EXTREME FATIGUE CAUSED BY ACR SCHEDULE AND LACK OF REST.

Narrative: THE COMMUTER AIRLINE I FLY FOR IS INSISTENT ON STAND UP OVERNIGHTS CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHTS. WE FLY LATE AT NIGHT TO DEST, THEN GOT 4 HRS SLEEP AND THEN ARE REQUIRED TO FLY 3 TRIPS AFTERWARD PUSHING THE DUTY TIME TO THE 16 HRS ON 4 HRS REST. BOTH MYSELF AND MY F/O WERE EXTREMELY FATIGUED TO BE FLYING. WE ACCEPTED THE TRIP ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS VFR. HAD IT BEEN IFR THE TRIP COULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SAFELY. THIS IS BECOMING THE DAILY PRACTICE FOR THE COMMUTER AND IS A GUARANTEED ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. CREWS ARE FLYING IN A COMATOSE STATE OF MIND IN THE CHICAGO AREA. ALTHOUGH THE TRIP WAS LEGAL, IT SHOULD BE AN OUTLAWED SCHEDULING PRACTICE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.