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A320 captain refused to accept reroute pairing due to fatigue. Reporter captain claims only 3 hours sleep plus back side of clock flying followed by day duty. Reporter says he was harassed by his company and threatened.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357332 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 4300 |
| ASRS Report | 357332 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| 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:
Captain was fatigued from backside of clock scheduled pairing coupled with day duty! Captain only had 3 hours of sleep. Air carrier tried to reroute pairing with 6 more hours of duty and 4 additional hours of flight time, captain was harassed and scare tactics were used. Captain refused the rerouted pairing. Captain now feels that more trouble is headed his way. FARS should be more specific to fatigue and circadian sleep cycles, pilot's need help in making their decisions on far 61.53 and far 91.13 easier. This will help keep the chief pilot away.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 CAPT REFUSED TO ACCEPT REROUTE PAIRING DUE TO FATIGUE. RPTR CAPT CLAIMS ONLY 3 HRS SLEEP PLUS BACK SIDE OF CLOCK FLYING FOLLOWED BY DAY DUTY. RPTR SAYS HE WAS HARASSED BY HIS COMPANY AND THREATENED.
Narrative: CAPT WAS FATIGUED FROM BACKSIDE OF CLOCK SCHEDULED PAIRING COUPLED WITH DAY DUTY! CAPT ONLY HAD 3 HRS OF SLEEP. ACR TRIED TO REROUTE PAIRING WITH 6 MORE HRS OF DUTY AND 4 ADDITIONAL HRS OF FLT TIME, CAPT WAS HARASSED AND SCARE TACTICS WERE USED. CAPT REFUSED THE REROUTED PAIRING. CAPT NOW FEELS THAT MORE TROUBLE IS HEADED HIS WAY. FARS SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO FATIGUE AND CIRCADIAN SLEEP CYCLES, PLT'S NEED HELP IN MAKING THEIR DECISIONS ON FAR 61.53 AND FAR 91.13 EASIER. THIS WILL HELP KEEP THE CHIEF PLT AWAY.
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.