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Attributes | |
ACN | 1323652 |
Time | |
Date | 201601 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Parked |
Person 1 | |
Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
Events | |
Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Flight arrives at approximately XA00. Pilots go to the hotel and the flight attendant have a sit time until their flight departs for the next destination at approximately XE00. 4 hour ground time.there is no place to rest. The customer service employees have a conference room with a table and hard chairs which they offer the flight attendants. Flight attendants deserve a place to put up their feet and close their eyes in the middle of the night. The length of the sit time and the lack of a place to rest adds to fatigue and is not safe. Scheduling needs to rethink this pairing. Get rid of the sit time or provide a comfortable place for flight attendants to rest. Poor planning. Get rid of this crazy sit time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported sitting between flights in an inhospitable company conference room in the middle of the night as part of a regular; fatiguing crew sequence with inadequate rest accommodations.
Narrative: Flight arrives at approximately XA00. Pilots go to the hotel and the Flight Attendant have a sit time until their flight departs for the next destination at approximately XE00. 4 hour ground time.There is no place to rest. The customer service employees have a conference room with a table and hard chairs which they offer the Flight Attendants. Flight Attendants deserve a place to put up their feet and close their eyes in the middle of the night. The length of the sit time and the lack of a place to rest adds to fatigue and is not safe. Scheduling needs to rethink this pairing. Get rid of the sit time or provide a comfortable place for Flight Attendants to rest. Poor planning. Get rid of this crazy sit time.
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.