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Fatigued by extreme duty day resulting from hurricane evacuate/evacuation; flight crew of B737 refuse to fly reassignment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 675836 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 675836 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Due to the approaching hurricane; my captain made several phone calls to scheduling to tell them that we would not be staying in ZZZ on sunday night due to the hurricane and that we needed to have 6 seats blocked so we can deadhead home. The crew scheduler said she could not guarantee any seats without company approval. We were given seats and returned to ZZZ1. Upon arrival in ZZZ1; the captain and myself were notified that we needed to contact crew scheduling as soon as possible. We spoke with crew scheduling. She said that she needed us to deadhead back to ZZZ on sunday to finish the remainder of our trip. After trying to tell her that we had been on duty for almost 14 hours and on the plane for over 11 hours; she said that it was perfectly legal. Captain tried to explain to her that the reason we chose to return was to avoid the hurricane. Both of us were extremely fatigued. She asked if we were refusing the trip which we said yes due to fatigue. Crew schedulers need to listen to flight crews about fatigue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FATIGUED BY EXTREME DUTY DAY RESULTING FROM HURRICANE EVAC; FLT CREW OF B737 REFUSE TO FLY REASSIGNMENT.
Narrative: DUE TO THE APCHING HURRICANE; MY CAPT MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO SCHEDULING TO TELL THEM THAT WE WOULD NOT BE STAYING IN ZZZ ON SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE HURRICANE AND THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE 6 SEATS BLOCKED SO WE CAN DEADHEAD HOME. THE CREW SCHEDULER SAID SHE COULD NOT GUARANTEE ANY SEATS WITHOUT COMPANY APPROVAL. WE WERE GIVEN SEATS AND RETURNED TO ZZZ1. UPON ARR IN ZZZ1; THE CAPT AND MYSELF WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED TO CONTACT CREW SCHEDULING ASAP. WE SPOKE WITH CREW SCHEDULING. SHE SAID THAT SHE NEEDED US TO DEADHEAD BACK TO ZZZ ON SUNDAY TO FINISH THE REMAINDER OF OUR TRIP. AFTER TRYING TO TELL HER THAT WE HAD BEEN ON DUTY FOR ALMOST 14 HRS AND ON THE PLANE FOR OVER 11 HRS; SHE SAID THAT IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL. CAPT TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT THE REASON WE CHOSE TO RETURN WAS TO AVOID THE HURRICANE. BOTH OF US WERE EXTREMELY FATIGUED. SHE ASKED IF WE WERE REFUSING THE TRIP WHICH WE SAID YES DUE TO FATIGUE. CREW SCHEDULERS NEED TO LISTEN TO FLT CREWS ABOUT FATIGUE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.