A319 captain describes a fatiguing four day trip during which the time on duty far exceeds the rest ...

Attributes
ACN	926446
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187 Flight Crew Total 12900 Flight Crew Type 4288
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

This was a very fatiguing trip. With two near minimum layovers; early morning (body time) get ups and a very long duty day; we were both dragging on several occasions. For me; the worst day was on day four; at least it was only one leg. There is something very wrong when duty day length far exceed rest periods. The sleep deficit was hard to make up; when I got home I took a 1.5 hour nap and then slept almost 10 hours that night. Trips with multiple short layovers/long duty days should not be planned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Captain describes a fatiguing four day trip during which the time on duty far exceeds the rest periods.

Narrative: This was a very fatiguing trip. With two near minimum layovers; early morning (body time) get ups and a very long duty day; we were both dragging on several occasions. For me; the worst day was on day four; at least it was only one leg. There is something very wrong when duty day length far exceed rest periods. The sleep deficit was hard to make up; when I got home I took a 1.5 hour nap and then slept almost 10 hours that night. Trips with multiple short layovers/long duty days should not be planned.

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.

A319 captain describes a fatiguing four day trip during which the time on duty far exceeds the rest periods.