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Reserve flight attendant reports receiving a four hour call out at 5:30 pm after being on standby all day. It is soon discovered that the first duty period is a continuous duty over night with minimal time in the hotel and an early morning departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1014158 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201205 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
On ready reserve received four hour call out at 5:30 pm from crew scheduler who told me I had a ZZZ and a ZZZ1 layover. I assumed it was a three day. Only to find when I pulled it up it was a two day with a continuous duty over night on the first night. I called to inquire how this was legal after being available all day; getting into ZZZ after midnight with a 5 hour layover? We of course were provided a hotel room; but by the time we deplaned; waited for in our rooms to basically try to lay down for a quick nap in our uniforms. We were all so fatigued starting out that late at night knowing that we would not be able to sleep until we got to ZZZ the next day landing 10 hours later. In the event of an emergency it is completely unsafe to function with no rest. It is unrealistic to expect a reserve to perform such an trip safely with 4 hours notice.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Reserve Flight Attendant reports receiving a four hour call out at 5:30 pm after being on standby all day. It is soon discovered that the first duty period is a continuous duty over night with minimal time in the hotel and an early morning departure.
Narrative: On ready reserve received four hour call out at 5:30 pm from crew Scheduler who told me I had a ZZZ and a ZZZ1 layover. I assumed it was a three day. Only to find when I pulled it up it was a two day with a continuous duty over night on the first night. I called to inquire how this was legal after being available all day; getting into ZZZ after midnight with a 5 hour layover? We of course were provided a hotel room; but by the time we deplaned; waited for in our rooms to basically try to lay down for a quick nap in our uniforms. We were all so fatigued starting out that late at night knowing that we would not be able to sleep until we got to ZZZ the next day landing 10 hours later. In the event of an emergency it is completely unsafe to function with no rest. It is unrealistic to expect a reserve to perform such an trip safely with 4 hours notice.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.