Narrative:

After having a reduced rest overnight due to weather; mechanicals; and a diversion; I woke up from having little sleep. I had a severe headache; nausea; burning eyes; sore eyelids; and dizzy. I tried my best to work my flight with alertness but I was fatigue. Because flight attendants are not allowed a program that would protect them to ensure their rest; I tried my best to work under these conditions. As the flight went on it was apparent that I was unsafe to fly. I forgot to do the electronic PA when closing the passenger door. As I got up to do my service I was dizzy. My fellow flight attendant who recently suffered from a heart attack felt exhausted. Both of our motor skills were slow. We arrived to the hotel earlier that morning. Having a show time to the airport of xa:41 (the van ride from the hotel is at least 20 to 30 minutes away). After I landed from doing the flight I realize that I would have to sit in the airport for about 2 1/2 hrs with no rest area to try to nap; and then do a 4 1/2 turn returning back at xa:00pm at night; I decided to call in fatigue for my last turn. As I was already a risk to the safety of myself and customers; it would only increase my conditions. I was slowly moving around inflight; and not paying attention no matter how hard I tried. I was so unsafe to fly; and should not have worked that flight back to my domicile but I wanted to try to do what was required of me. But I realized while working I was putting safety at risk. So for the safety of others I decided to remove myself from any further flying.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB-145 Flight Attendant called in fatigued after a short overnight following a day of mechanicals and weather delays. Her fatigue affected motor and cognitive performance to a point she felt unsafe.

Narrative: After having a reduced rest overnight due to weather; mechanicals; and a diversion; I woke up from having little sleep. I had a severe headache; nausea; burning eyes; sore eyelids; and dizzy. I tried my best to work my flight with alertness but I was fatigue. Because flight attendants are not allowed a program that would protect them to ensure their rest; I tried my best to work under these conditions. As the flight went on it was apparent that I was unsafe to fly. I forgot to do the electronic PA when closing the passenger door. As I got up to do my service I was dizzy. My fellow flight attendant who recently suffered from a heart attack felt exhausted. Both of our motor skills were slow. We arrived to the hotel earlier that morning. Having a show time to the airport of XA:41 (the van ride from the hotel is at least 20 to 30 minutes away). After I landed from doing the flight I realize that I would have to sit in the airport for about 2 1/2 hrs with no rest area to try to nap; and then do a 4 1/2 turn returning back at XA:00pm at night; I decided to call in fatigue for my last turn. As I was already a risk to the safety of myself and customers; it would only increase my conditions. I was slowly moving around inflight; and not paying attention no matter how hard I tried. I was so unsafe to fly; and should not have worked that flight back to my domicile but I wanted to try to do what was required of me. But I realized while working I was putting safety at risk. So for the safety of others I decided to remove myself from any further flying.

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.