Narrative:

At the end of a 4 day trip, the first officer started feeling sick. The first officer called crew scheduling from the hotel when he awoke on the 4TH day of the trip. He told crew scheduling he felt a cold coming on and that he would fly from sjc to sea but would not continue to fly the last leg of the trip from sea to lax scheduled to depart later that day. Crew scheduling had more than 6 hours to properly assign a first officer for the remaining sea to lax leg. The captain had accumulated approximately 65 hours in the left seat but had about 1100 hours total in that aircraft type. The first officer was new to the company and had approximately 45 hours total in the aircraft. The first officer boarded the flight directly from an incoming flight and the flight in question departed approximately 30 mins late. The captain realized the next morning, after totaling his hours to date, that neither pilot had at least 75 hours in their respective seat. This is a classic example of an airline that is short staffed in numerous departments throughout the company.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG CAPT BELIEVED, AFTER THE FACT, THAT THE COMPANY CREW SCHEDULER MADE A MISTAKE IN PAIRING HIM, WITH ONLY 65 HRS AS PIC, WITH A NEWLY HIRED FO WHO HAD ONLY 45 HRS IN TYPE.

Narrative: AT THE END OF A 4 DAY TRIP, THE FO STARTED FEELING SICK. THE FO CALLED CREW SCHEDULING FROM THE HOTEL WHEN HE AWOKE ON THE 4TH DAY OF THE TRIP. HE TOLD CREW SCHEDULING HE FELT A COLD COMING ON AND THAT HE WOULD FLY FROM SJC TO SEA BUT WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO FLY THE LAST LEG OF THE TRIP FROM SEA TO LAX SCHEDULED TO DEPART LATER THAT DAY. CREW SCHEDULING HAD MORE THAN 6 HRS TO PROPERLY ASSIGN A FO FOR THE REMAINING SEA TO LAX LEG. THE CAPT HAD ACCUMULATED APPROX 65 HRS IN THE L SEAT BUT HAD ABOUT 1100 HRS TOTAL IN THAT ACFT TYPE. THE FO WAS NEW TO THE COMPANY AND HAD APPROX 45 HRS TOTAL IN THE ACFT. THE FO BOARDED THE FLT DIRECTLY FROM AN INCOMING FLT AND THE FLT IN QUESTION DEPARTED APPROX 30 MINS LATE. THE CAPT REALIZED THE NEXT MORNING, AFTER TOTALING HIS HRS TO DATE, THAT NEITHER PLT HAD AT LEAST 75 HRS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SEAT. THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF AN AIRLINE THAT IS SHORT STAFFED IN NUMEROUS DEPTS THROUGHOUT THE COMPANY.

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.