Reporter has trouble programming the FMS because of fatigue.

Attributes
ACN	151246
Time
Date	199007
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 41000 msl bound upper : 41000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	151246
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Errors made in programming descent. No FAA violations occurred. Fatigue due to fly clt-lax in am, sleep during pm. Late pm same day flight lax-clt and arrive next am. Unprofessional airline scheduling and poor FAA oversight. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: no specific incident occurred. Reporter found himself having to repeatedly program the FMS because he kept making mistakes due to fatigue brought on by a poor layover the afternoon prior to this trip. Trip leaves clt in the morning non-stop to lax, arriving in the forenoon. The return non-stop flight leaves lax shortly prior to midnight and arrives in clt early in the morning.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: REPORTER HAS TROUBLE PROGRAMMING THE FMS BECAUSE OF FATIGUE.

Narrative: ERRORS MADE IN PROGRAMMING DSNT. NO FAA VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. FATIGUE DUE TO FLY CLT-LAX IN AM, SLEEP DURING PM. LATE PM SAME DAY FLT LAX-CLT AND ARRIVE NEXT AM. UNPROFESSIONAL AIRLINE SCHEDULING AND POOR FAA OVERSIGHT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT OCCURRED. RPTR FOUND HIMSELF HAVING TO REPEATEDLY PROGRAM THE FMS BECAUSE HE KEPT MAKING MISTAKES DUE TO FATIGUE BROUGHT ON BY A POOR LAYOVER THE AFTERNOON PRIOR TO THIS TRIP. TRIP LEAVES CLT IN THE MORNING NON-STOP TO LAX, ARRIVING IN THE FORENOON. THE RETURN NON-STOP FLT LEAVES LAX SHORTLY PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT AND ARRIVES IN CLT EARLY IN THE MORNING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.