<< >> NASA ASRS Report 339842, June 1996

Reporter flight crew complains about flight scheduling which fatigues the pilots causing them to have difficult time staying awake during flight.

Attributes
ACN	339842
Time
Date	199606
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8400 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	339842
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Scheduled to leave dtw at XA00 local and arrive sea XC04 local. Situation for 1 hour 16 mins and return on flight sea-msp. Departed sea XD05 local on jun/wed/96 and arrived msp at XI31 local. At approximately 1-1 1/2 hours out, both the captain and myself were nodding off -- almost falling totally asleep. Scheduling back-to-back red eyes without a crew change is extremely unsafe.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR FLC COMPLAINS ABOUT FLT SCHEDULING WHICH FATIGUES THE PLTS CAUSING THEM TO HAVE DIFFICULT TIME STAYING AWAKE DURING FLT.

Narrative: SCHEDULED TO LEAVE DTW AT XA00 LCL AND ARRIVE SEA XC04 LCL. SIT FOR 1 HR 16 MINS AND RETURN ON FLT SEA-MSP. DEPARTED SEA XD05 LCL ON JUN/WED/96 AND ARRIVED MSP AT XI31 LCL. AT APPROX 1-1 1/2 HRS OUT, BOTH THE CAPT AND MYSELF WERE NODDING OFF -- ALMOST FALLING TOTALLY ASLEEP. SCHEDULING BACK-TO-BACK RED EYES WITHOUT A CREW CHANGE IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE.

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.