Fatigue. Schedule for 4 day sequence with late night arrs and very short rest periods (4-5 hours).

Attributes
ACN	345559
Time
Date	199608
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 4000
ASRS Report	345559
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was working a trip known as a continuous duty, wherein you only get approximately 4-5 hours rest nightly. This trip spanned 4 days, from aug/xa/96 to aug/xd/96. By the third day I became fatigued and was not safe to continue the trip. I called the company and told them I was fatigued and could not complete the assignment. I feel that scheduling these types of trips should be illegal, especially the multiple day continuous duties. They are unsafe! Airlines have fatigued pilots flying passenger around. This is just asking for problems. See previous report sent for similar trip worked aug/xx/96 through aug/xd/96.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FATIGUE. SCHEDULE FOR 4 DAY SEQUENCE WITH LATE NIGHT ARRS AND VERY SHORT REST PERIODS (4-5 HRS).

Narrative: I WAS WORKING A TRIP KNOWN AS A CONTINUOUS DUTY, WHEREIN YOU ONLY GET APPROX 4-5 HRS REST NIGHTLY. THIS TRIP SPANNED 4 DAYS, FROM AUG/XA/96 TO AUG/XD/96. BY THE THIRD DAY I BECAME FATIGUED AND WAS NOT SAFE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP. I CALLED THE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM I WAS FATIGUED AND COULD NOT COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT. I FEEL THAT SCHEDULING THESE TYPES OF TRIPS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL, ESPECIALLY THE MULTIPLE DAY CONTINUOUS DUTIES. THEY ARE UNSAFE! AIRLINES HAVE FATIGUED PLTS FLYING PAX AROUND. THIS IS JUST ASKING FOR PROBS. SEE PREVIOUS RPT SENT FOR SIMILAR TRIP WORKED AUG/XX/96 THROUGH AUG/XD/96.

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.