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A flight attendant explains that a flight scheduled under eight hours consistently exceeds eight hours but no crew rest seats are provided.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 894027 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201006 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight is scheduled for a flight time 7:58. Actual flight time 8:57 with a duty time of 11:38! This flight consistently goes over 8 hours and because the original scheduled flight time is under 8 hours the crew is not entitled to a rest break if the crew rest seats are sold. Fatigue is dangerous and although this month's schedule has the flight over 8 hours there is no consistency with this flight as scheduled flight time varies from month to month; but only by a 5 minute window! This practice is unsafe and this flight (and others like it) should always have a scheduled crew rest.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant explains that a flight scheduled under eight hours consistently exceeds eight hours but no crew rest seats are provided.
Narrative: Flight is scheduled for a flight time 7:58. Actual flight time 8:57 with a duty time of 11:38! This flight consistently goes over 8 hours and because the original scheduled flight time is under 8 hours the crew is not entitled to a rest break if the crew rest seats are sold. Fatigue is dangerous and although this month's schedule has the flight over 8 hours there is no consistency with this flight as scheduled flight time varies from month to month; but only by a 5 minute window! This practice is unsafe and this flight (and others like it) should always have a scheduled crew rest.
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.