A B767-300 PIC report scheduling practices and layover facilities that create fatigued crews in iad,...

Attributes
ACN	596506
Time
Date	200310
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	596506
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance FAA
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

A contractually legal reserve assignment was received. This identify started out with a departure to iad with an approximately 12 hour layover, which amounted to 9 hours if you subtract the time it takes to get to the hotel and the time needed to return to the airport. Arriving at the hotel, we are supposed to get 8 hours of uninterrupted rest, however, with the noise in the middle of the day along with the fact that you're asking your body to do the impossible, I along with the first officer was only able to take a short nap. The result of this was that, by the time we arrived in sfo, we both had been awake 24 hours. We both felt extremely fatigued throughout the flight and this was with a non-eventful flight with excellent WX. We both felt concern with what our level of proficiency would be if the flight was not so uneventful. Certainly we had no control over fatigue management!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 PIC RPT SCHEDULING PRACTICES AND LAYOVER FACILITIES THAT CREATE FATIGUED CREWS IN IAD, VA.

Narrative: A CONTRACTUALLY LEGAL RESERVE ASSIGNMENT WAS RECEIVED. THIS IDENT STARTED OUT WITH A DEP TO IAD WITH AN APPROX 12 HR LAYOVER, WHICH AMOUNTED TO 9 HRS IF YOU SUBTRACT THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET TO THE HOTEL AND THE TIME NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. ARRIVING AT THE HOTEL, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET 8 HRS OF UNINTERRUPTED REST, HOWEVER, WITH THE NOISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ASKING YOUR BODY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, I ALONG WITH THE FO WAS ONLY ABLE TO TAKE A SHORT NAP. THE RESULT OF THIS WAS THAT, BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED IN SFO, WE BOTH HAD BEEN AWAKE 24 HRS. WE BOTH FELT EXTREMELY FATIGUED THROUGHOUT THE FLT AND THIS WAS WITH A NON-EVENTFUL FLT WITH EXCELLENT WX. WE BOTH FELT CONCERN WITH WHAT OUR LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY WOULD BE IF THE FLT WAS NOT SO UNEVENTFUL. CERTAINLY WE HAD NO CTL OVER FATIGUE MGMNT!

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.

A B767-300 PIC report scheduling practices and layover facilities that create fatigued crews in iad, va.