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A319 captain feels compelled to call in sick due to fatigue inducing scheduling practices by the company.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 835396 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Flight crew scheduling continues to build unsafe and unrealistic schedules. The other day I called in sick for my scheduled departure because I was unfit to fly. Schedulers built two trips back to back; the first ending in a red eye arrival at 5:00am and the next morning starting with a 5:00am report. I slept 8 hours and at 6:00pm when I woke up (2 hours before I needed to go back to sleep) I called in sick. Which was the safest course of action seeing that I was awake all night from sleeping all day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain feels compelled to call in sick due to fatigue inducing scheduling practices by the company.
Narrative: Flight crew scheduling continues to build unsafe and unrealistic schedules. The other day I called in sick for my scheduled departure because I was unfit to fly. Schedulers built two trips back to back; the first ending in a red eye arrival at 5:00am and the next morning starting with a 5:00am report. I slept 8 hours and at 6:00pm when I woke up (2 hours before I needed to go back to sleep) I called in sick. Which was the safest course of action seeing that I was awake all night from sleeping all day.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.