A reserve air carrier crewman complains about alleged illegal scheduling.

Attributes
ACN	262904
Time
Date	199312
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pie
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	262904
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On dec/fri/93, I was called at XT35 local for a repos flight from jfk to rdu. My sequence called for a deadhead from rdu to jfk at XU35. My duty time, or reserve requirement put me on call at XA00 local the night before. After accepting the aircraft from maintenance in jfk (XX00 local), we departed for rdu. At this point we were already pushing our limits for fatigue, but continued to rdu. Upon calling company in range (10 mins out), our crew scheduling department tried to reassign a functional test flight to us at XC30 local. If you look at our day, we woke up at XJ30 local, got assigned at XT35 and reassigned at XC30 the next morning for a 1 hour test flight. Where is our 'duty day?' where do the 14 hours begin for reserve crews? This type of abuse occurs constantly at air carrier and other regionals. This abuse needs to stop -- fatigued crews are accidents waiting to happen. My duty day was a total of 15 1/2 hours without a rest period. Let's situation down and put better rules down to control these abuses of the very vague rest requirements for reserve crew members!!!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A RESERVE ACR CREWMAN COMPLAINS ABOUT ALLEGED ILLEGAL SCHEDULING.

Narrative: ON DEC/FRI/93, I WAS CALLED AT XT35 LCL FOR A REPOS FLT FROM JFK TO RDU. MY SEQUENCE CALLED FOR A DEADHEAD FROM RDU TO JFK AT XU35. MY DUTY TIME, OR RESERVE REQUIREMENT PUT ME ON CALL AT XA00 LCL THE NIGHT BEFORE. AFTER ACCEPTING THE ACFT FROM MAINT IN JFK (XX00 LCL), WE DEPARTED FOR RDU. AT THIS POINT WE WERE ALREADY PUSHING OUR LIMITS FOR FATIGUE, BUT CONTINUED TO RDU. UPON CALLING COMPANY IN RANGE (10 MINS OUT), OUR CREW SCHEDULING DEPT TRIED TO REASSIGN A FUNCTIONAL TEST FLT TO US AT XC30 LCL. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DAY, WE WOKE UP AT XJ30 LCL, GOT ASSIGNED AT XT35 AND REASSIGNED AT XC30 THE NEXT MORNING FOR A 1 HR TEST FLT. WHERE IS OUR 'DUTY DAY?' WHERE DO THE 14 HRS BEGIN FOR RESERVE CREWS? THIS TYPE OF ABUSE OCCURS CONSTANTLY AT ACR AND OTHER REGIONALS. THIS ABUSE NEEDS TO STOP -- FATIGUED CREWS ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. MY DUTY DAY WAS A TOTAL OF 15 1/2 HRS WITHOUT A REST PERIOD. LET'S SIT DOWN AND PUT BETTER RULES DOWN TO CTL THESE ABUSES OF THE VERY VAGUE REST REQUIREMENTS FOR RESERVE CREW MEMBERS!!!

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.