Narrative:

This event is regarding crew rest. On jul/mon/98, the crew had just over 8 hours of rest instead of the required 9 hours. As a first officer, I was with the captain when he called scheduling to inquire about our rest requirement. The captain, flight attendant and I thought we needed more rest, therefore, delaying the flight in the morning. The scheduler at airline said we were all ok with 8 hours of rest. The night before we all had proper rest. Both the crew and the scheduling department did not consider the flight hours during a 24 hour period. As a crew we did not inquire the scheduling department after he said 8 hours was fine. I feel the reasons we the crew did not consider the situation longer was: 1) our last flight was only 30 mins in which we changed time zones. Flew from central-eastern-back to central. I remember confusion about time changes. 2) called scheduling to confirm and was not told to take more rest, therefore closing the issue too quickly. 3) duty day was 14 hours and 12 mins. We were avoiding thunderstorms during the evening. Fatigue was a factor. Later, finding out, airline was unable to catch the required crew rest because WX caused problems for their computer system. As a crew we should have been more responsible to catch this mistake. Airline is filing a disclosure on this.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN SF340 SETTLE FOR AN 8 HR CREW REST PERIOD WHEN CREW SCHEDULING ADVISES THEM THAT THE 8 HRS IS OK.

Narrative: THIS EVENT IS REGARDING CREW REST. ON JUL/MON/98, THE CREW HAD JUST OVER 8 HRS OF REST INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 9 HRS. AS A FO, I WAS WITH THE CAPT WHEN HE CALLED SCHEDULING TO INQUIRE ABOUT OUR REST REQUIREMENT. THE CAPT, FLT ATTENDANT AND I THOUGHT WE NEEDED MORE REST, THEREFORE, DELAYING THE FLT IN THE MORNING. THE SCHEDULER AT AIRLINE SAID WE WERE ALL OK WITH 8 HRS OF REST. THE NIGHT BEFORE WE ALL HAD PROPER REST. BOTH THE CREW AND THE SCHEDULING DEPT DID NOT CONSIDER THE FLT HRS DURING A 24 HR PERIOD. AS A CREW WE DID NOT INQUIRE THE SCHEDULING DEPT AFTER HE SAID 8 HRS WAS FINE. I FEEL THE REASONS WE THE CREW DID NOT CONSIDER THE SIT LONGER WAS: 1) OUR LAST FLT WAS ONLY 30 MINS IN WHICH WE CHANGED TIME ZONES. FLEW FROM CENTRAL-EASTERN-BACK TO CENTRAL. I REMEMBER CONFUSION ABOUT TIME CHANGES. 2) CALLED SCHEDULING TO CONFIRM AND WAS NOT TOLD TO TAKE MORE REST, THEREFORE CLOSING THE ISSUE TOO QUICKLY. 3) DUTY DAY WAS 14 HRS AND 12 MINS. WE WERE AVOIDING TSTMS DURING THE EVENING. FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR. LATER, FINDING OUT, AIRLINE WAS UNABLE TO CATCH THE REQUIRED CREW REST BECAUSE WX CAUSED PROBS FOR THEIR COMPUTER SYS. AS A CREW WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE RESPONSIBLE TO CATCH THIS MISTAKE. AIRLINE IS FILING A DISCLOSURE ON THIS.

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.