Flight crew member of an small transport air carrier aircraft complaint regarding crew scheduling of...

Attributes
ACN	250611
Time
Date	199309
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	250611
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

In sum: reporter submitted his company's flight crew schedule for the months of june and august 1993 to show the method used to fill flight schedules of flight crew members on vacation by newly qualified pilots and what it subsequently causes to the schedule of 'junior' pilots holding so-called 'hard lines.' in addition, guidelines are set forth for crew members with military commitments! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he submitted this report to bring to our attention the difficult crew schedule used by his company. The schedule causes great stress and fatigue among him and other crew members to the point that many are quitting who have 9 or more yrs with the company. He does not know how much more he can take! He is not getting proper sleep or food due to the short turn-arounds. However, the schedules are arranged to meet the FARS for duty time. Therefore, he and the other pilots have no recourse to refuse trips due to fatigue as they will be 'fired' by the company! He is not a union man, but believes that a strong union in this instance is the only possible hope for getting relief!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC MEMBER OF AN SMT ACR ACFT COMPLAINT REGARDING CREW SCHEDULING OF NEWLY QUALIFIED PLTS AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO 'JUNIOR' GRADE PLTS.

Narrative: IN SUM: RPTR SUBMITTED HIS COMPANY'S FLC SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND AUGUST 1993 TO SHOW THE METHOD USED TO FILL FLT SCHEDULES OF FLC MEMBERS ON VACATION BY NEWLY QUALIFIED PLTS AND WHAT IT SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSES TO THE SCHEDULE OF 'JUNIOR' PLTS HOLDING SO-CALLED 'HARD LINES.' IN ADDITION, GUIDELINES ARE SET FORTH FOR CREW MEMBERS WITH MIL COMMITMENTS! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE SUBMITTED THIS RPT TO BRING TO OUR ATTN THE DIFFICULT CREW SCHEDULE USED BY HIS COMPANY. THE SCHEDULE CAUSES GREAT STRESS AND FATIGUE AMONG HIM AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS TO THE POINT THAT MANY ARE QUITTING WHO HAVE 9 OR MORE YRS WITH THE COMPANY. HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE HE CAN TAKE! HE IS NOT GETTING PROPER SLEEP OR FOOD DUE TO THE SHORT TURN-AROUNDS. HOWEVER, THE SCHEDULES ARE ARRANGED TO MEET THE FARS FOR DUTY TIME. THEREFORE, HE AND THE OTHER PLTS HAVE NO RECOURSE TO REFUSE TRIPS DUE TO FATIGUE AS THEY WILL BE 'FIRED' BY THE COMPANY! HE IS NOT A UNION MAN, BUT BELIEVES THAT A STRONG UNION IN THIS INSTANCE IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE HOPE FOR GETTING RELIEF!

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.

Flight crew member of an small transport air carrier aircraft complaint regarding crew scheduling of newly qualified pilots and the consequences to 'junior' grade pilots.