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An air carrier first officer refused to fly a four day; red eye; atlantic crossing flight sequence scheduled to begin the same afternoon of the day on which he had just arrived from a previous four day sequence; the last two flights of which consisted of a hawaii/west coast flight followed by an all nighter to his home domicile in the central time zone.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1027674 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Fatigue |
Narrative:
I had just completed a four day trip. The last two legs of the trip were all night flying. We departed from hawaii at 1951 central time for a west coast mainland airport; sat for approximately one hour; departed at 0227 central time and finally landed at my domicile at 0528. I then learned crew scheduling had placed a pairing in my line with a show time of 1512 for later that same day. This four day pairing began with a dead head to the east coast followed by operating an international flight to the british isles with no relief pilot. I finally got home around 0715 and was in bed by 0800. Unfortunately; my body is not a machine and I had a difficult time sleeping. In order to make a 1512 show time I would have to leave home by 1300. So I woke up around 1000 to unpack; wash; pack again; eat; etc. Around 1100 I realized that I was extremely fatigued and would not be safe to even drive to work; much less operate an airplane across the atlantic ocean on another red-eye. I notified scheduling and they removed me from the trip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier First Officer refused to fly a four day; red eye; Atlantic crossing flight sequence scheduled to begin the same afternoon of the day on which he had just arrived from a previous four day sequence; the last two flights of which consisted of a Hawaii/West Coast flight followed by an all nighter to his home domicile in the Central time zone.
Narrative: I had just completed a four day trip. The last two legs of the trip were all night flying. We departed from Hawaii at 1951 central time for a West Coast mainland airport; sat for approximately one hour; departed at 0227 central time and finally landed at my domicile at 0528. I then learned Crew Scheduling had placed a pairing in my line with a show time of 1512 for later that SAME day. This four day pairing began with a dead head to the East Coast followed by operating an international flight to the British Isles with no Relief Pilot. I finally got home around 0715 and was in bed by 0800. Unfortunately; my body is not a machine and I had a difficult time sleeping. In order to make a 1512 show time I would have to leave home by 1300. So I woke up around 1000 to unpack; wash; pack again; eat; etc. Around 1100 I realized that I was extremely fatigued and would not be safe to even drive to work; much less operate an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean on another red-eye. I notified Scheduling and they removed me from the trip.
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.