A320 flight crew reports calling in fatigued after diverting for windshear and turbulence; then decl...

Attributes
ACN	816562
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 6000
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower tower : bis.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	816562
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 295 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	816563
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : turbulence other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : wind shear warning other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to alternate flight crew : executed go around flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Company
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

This trip started with a ZZZ1 turn. On the ZZZ1 flight; we encountered windshear followed by severe turbulence in the go around. We elected to divert to ZZZ2. We had to declare an emergency due to landing with less than 30 minutes of fuel. There was only a report on the ATIS of moderate turbulence below 5000 ft. Nothing was listed on our flight papers. Upon arrival in ZZZ2 it took about 2.5 hours to sort through what to do next. Finally we were given a new aircraft and departed to ZZZ3. On the trip to ZZZ3; the captain stated that he was finally coming down from the incident and felt it would be the safest course of action to not operate our next flight to ZZZ1 due to fatigue. I told him that I agreed with that assessment. We received support from the flight office for this decision. However; our crew scheduling was less than cooperative the next day. I think that our crew scheduling needs to be trained on the dangers of flight crews working when fatigued. This type of pressure from the crew desk is unacceptable and will result in crews feeling that they cannot call in fatigued.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 flight crew reports calling in fatigued after diverting for windshear and turbulence; then declaring an emergency for minimum fuel. Flight is delayed 2.5 hours at the divert airport before continuing on at which point the call is made.

Narrative: This trip started with a ZZZ1 turn. On the ZZZ1 flight; we encountered windshear followed by severe turbulence in the go around. We elected to divert to ZZZ2. We had to declare an emergency due to landing with less than 30 minutes of fuel. There was only a report on the ATIS of moderate turbulence below 5000 FT. Nothing was listed on our flight papers. Upon arrival in ZZZ2 it took about 2.5 hours to sort through what to do next. Finally we were given a new aircraft and departed to ZZZ3. On the trip to ZZZ3; the Captain stated that he was finally coming down from the incident and felt it would be the safest course of action to not operate our next flight to ZZZ1 due to fatigue. I told him that I agreed with that assessment. We received support from the Flight Office for this decision. However; our Crew Scheduling was less than cooperative the next day. I think that our Crew Scheduling needs to be trained on the dangers of flight crews working when fatigued. This type of pressure from the crew desk is unacceptable and will result in crews feeling that they cannot call in fatigued.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.