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The flight attendants were legal to operate the late assignment but felt that they were severely fatigued; which could have impacted their effectiveness if an emergency situation arose.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1270281 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The flight attendants working this flight were called in last minute for an airport alert assignment. I and another crew member had only had just over 10 hours of crew rest before notification (less than 5 minutes over). We had worked trips earlier in the day or had not been prepared to work straight over night. While operating this flight and the next one; because we were assigned a turn; all 4 crew members were exhausted. We do not have fatigue in our contract; so we cannot use it for fear of losing our jobs. However; if we were not in fear of losing our jobs; we would have called out fatigue. The scheduling of this trip was legal; however; by the end of the assignment; we had been up for 27+ hours. This was not a safe operation. I notified crew scheduling that I did not feel safe operating this pairing; and they kept us working it. When we were released to crew rest around xa:00 the previous day; we could not have been expected to have slept during our crew rest. We were not called until around xj:53. If we were to have an emergency situation; I do not feel we could have effectively completed any safety responsibilities.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight attendants were legal to operate the late assignment but felt that they were severely fatigued; which could have impacted their effectiveness if an emergency situation arose.
Narrative: The flight attendants working this flight were called in last minute for an airport alert assignment. I and another crew member had only had just over 10 hours of crew rest before notification (less than 5 minutes over). We had worked trips earlier in the day or had not been prepared to work straight over night. While operating this flight and the next one; because we were assigned a turn; all 4 crew members were exhausted. We do not have fatigue in our contract; so we cannot use it for fear of losing our jobs. However; if we were not in fear of losing our jobs; we would have called out fatigue. The scheduling of this trip was legal; however; by the end of the assignment; we had been up for 27+ hours. This was not a safe operation. I notified crew scheduling that I did not feel safe operating this pairing; and they kept us working it. When we were released to crew rest around XA:00 the previous day; we could not have been expected to have slept during our crew rest. We were not called until around XJ:53. If we were to have an emergency situation; I do not feel we could have effectively completed any safety responsibilities.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.