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Air carrier captain reported fatigue issues while flying as a reserve pilot for a 4 day pairing during the covid-19 pandemic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1748543 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| 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 | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Assigned an additional day at the end of my 4 day pairing. This was after very short layovers with days approaching maximum far flying time. Pairing had layovers in ZZZ1; ZZZ2 and ZZZ3; touching ZZZ every day. Upon arrival in ZZZ from ZZZ3 I realized that I would violate (airline's) policy of not knowingly flying fatigued if I continued to ZZZ1. This was cumulative fatigue with at least two contributing factors; arriving at the ZZZ3 hotel at XA00 and being unable to procure food form the hotel or local businesses due to covid closures; long days and short nights with multiple mid-continent flights. In the morning at ZZZ3 we realized the airplane was through catered and a snack pack was our only nutritional option.my attention as pm [during] the flight was not up to my normal standards. Then as pm in the terminal area in ZZZ I missed the dog leg to final radio call from approach and had to be called again to receive approach clearance.stop building reserve pairings that could not be built as a normal pairing. Reserve pilots deserve the same consideration for rest and fatigue that are afforded to line holders. These are strange time with covid; but hotels should still be able to provide meals for crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported fatigue issues while flying as a reserve pilot for a 4 day pairing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Narrative: Assigned an additional day at the end of my 4 day pairing. This was after very short layovers with days approaching maximum FAR flying time. Pairing had layovers in ZZZ1; ZZZ2 and ZZZ3; touching ZZZ every day. Upon arrival in ZZZ from ZZZ3 I realized that I would violate (airline's) policy of not knowingly flying fatigued if I continued to ZZZ1. This was cumulative fatigue with at least two contributing factors; arriving at the ZZZ3 hotel at XA00 and being unable to procure food form the hotel or local businesses due to COVID closures; long days and short nights with multiple mid-continent flights. In the morning at ZZZ3 we realized the airplane was through catered and a snack pack was our only nutritional option.My attention as PM [during] the flight was not up to my normal standards. Then as PM in the terminal area in ZZZ I missed the dog leg to final radio call from approach and had to be called again to receive approach clearance.Stop building reserve pairings that could not be built as a normal pairing. Reserve pilots deserve the same consideration for rest and fatigue that are afforded to line holders. These are strange time with COVID; but hotels should still be able to provide meals for crew.
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.