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Flight crew of light transport and cabin attendant experience severe fatigue due to poor scheduling policy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405416 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : roa |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 405416 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Air carrier and the FAA do not care about safety as first. The dollar is #1. Continuous duty overnight (nap) are very dangerous. Duty into work at XA00, do a atl-gpt-atl then roa leg. Get (if lucky) 2 1/2 hours sleep, then fly people, families, back to atl at XM30. My flight attendant walked into the clear glass pane next to the clear automatic door, and I, as PIC, almost walked into her. I can handle flying, but if any emergency occurred I would doubt if my reaction time would be adequate. Please do something. Help, I love my job, but everyone talks about safety and their actions do not back up their words. My grammar and spelling should show how tired I am right now. I am going to bed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF LTT AND CABIN ATTENDANT EXPERIENCE SEVERE FATIGUE DUE TO POOR SCHEDULING POLICY.
Narrative: ACR AND THE FAA DO NOT CARE ABOUT SAFETY AS FIRST. THE DOLLAR IS #1. CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT (NAP) ARE VERY DANGEROUS. DUTY INTO WORK AT XA00, DO A ATL-GPT-ATL THEN ROA LEG. GET (IF LUCKY) 2 1/2 HRS SLEEP, THEN FLY PEOPLE, FAMILIES, BACK TO ATL AT XM30. MY FLT ATTENDANT WALKED INTO THE CLR GLASS PANE NEXT TO THE CLR AUTOMATIC DOOR, AND I, AS PIC, ALMOST WALKED INTO HER. I CAN HANDLE FLYING, BUT IF ANY EMER OCCURRED I WOULD DOUBT IF MY REACTION TIME WOULD BE ADEQUATE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. HELP, I LOVE MY JOB, BUT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT SAFETY AND THEIR ACTIONS DO NOT BACK UP THEIR WORDS. MY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING SHOULD SHOW HOW TIRED I AM RIGHT NOW. I AM GOING TO BED.
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.