Narrative:

This reserve assignment on jan/xa/08 was given to me at XA54 and was the first of a week of assignments that left me totally fatigued. The next assignment was on jan/xb with a check-in at XB12 which means I have to wake up at XX00. My scheduled duty day was 12 hours 42 mins. Then at XW18 on jan/xe I was given check-in at XF50 but I could not fall back to sleep. I was reassigned continuously throughout the day and had an 11 hour 56 min duty day with only a 13 hour 9 min layover. The crew desk again woke me up at XC50 to reassign me to fly until XE00 that night. Then I was assigned a trip for jan/xg with a check-in at XI44 to work a 12 hour 22 min duty day with a layover of 15 hours 33 mins and then to work another duty day of 10 hours 17 mins. I do not function like a machine and to expect human beings to work like this is inhumane. Something needs to be done to prevent this abuse. I cannot be woken up in the middle of the night constantly and be expected to be safe at my job.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS FATIGUE CAUSED BY FLYING 6 OUT OF 7 DAYS AS A RESERVE WITH REST PERIODS BROKEN BY CALLS FROM CREW SCHEDULING.

Narrative: THIS RESERVE ASSIGNMENT ON JAN/XA/08 WAS GIVEN TO ME AT XA54 AND WAS THE FIRST OF A WK OF ASSIGNMENTS THAT LEFT ME TOTALLY FATIGUED. THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS ON JAN/XB WITH A CHK-IN AT XB12 WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT XX00. MY SCHEDULED DUTY DAY WAS 12 HRS 42 MINS. THEN AT XW18 ON JAN/XE I WAS GIVEN CHK-IN AT XF50 BUT I COULD NOT FALL BACK TO SLEEP. I WAS REASSIGNED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND HAD AN 11 HR 56 MIN DUTY DAY WITH ONLY A 13 HR 9 MIN LAYOVER. THE CREW DESK AGAIN WOKE ME UP AT XC50 TO REASSIGN ME TO FLY UNTIL XE00 THAT NIGHT. THEN I WAS ASSIGNED A TRIP FOR JAN/XG WITH A CHK-IN AT XI44 TO WORK A 12 HR 22 MIN DUTY DAY WITH A LAYOVER OF 15 HRS 33 MINS AND THEN TO WORK ANOTHER DUTY DAY OF 10 HRS 17 MINS. I DO NOT FUNCTION LIKE A MACHINE AND TO EXPECT HUMAN BEINGS TO WORK LIKE THIS IS INHUMANE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS ABUSE. I CANNOT BE WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CONSTANTLY AND BE EXPECTED TO BE SAFE AT MY JOB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.