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B737 first officer facing pending furlough and personal issues requests to be released due to fatigue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 795806 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| 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 | 795806 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company FAA Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
I notified the crew desk of my desire to be released due to fatigue; and was granted this request without being asked to speak to management. My fatigue was primarily attributable to lack of sufficient sleep in the days leading up to the current trip. The stress induced sleep deprivation was due to concern over my impending furlough and the beginning of chemotherapy of an immediate family member. I believe the secondary cause is due to the relentless scheduling of maximum duty for B737 first officer's. For example; I was extended twice in 6 duty days over the last week culminating being on duty into a 7TH day arriving at my home domicile at XA00 on a scheduled day off. The crew desk staff routing schedules pilots for duty periods with no room to absorb irregular operations forcing these type of gross deviations and constant interruptions to regular sleeping habits. Subsequently; the crew desk assigned me additional duty on the day following this fatigue call 2 hours after arriving at the gate in domicile due to lack of available reserves on the following day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FO FACING PENDING FURLOUGH AND PERSONAL ISSUES REQUESTS TO BE RELEASED DUE TO FATIGUE.
Narrative: I NOTIFIED THE CREW DESK OF MY DESIRE TO BE RELEASED DUE TO FATIGUE; AND WAS GRANTED THIS REQUEST WITHOUT BEING ASKED TO SPEAK TO MGMNT. MY FATIGUE WAS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO LACK OF SUFFICIENT SLEEP IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE CURRENT TRIP. THE STRESS INDUCED SLEEP DEPRIVATION WAS DUE TO CONCERN OVER MY IMPENDING FURLOUGH AND THE BEGINNING OF CHEMOTHERAPY OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER. I BELIEVE THE SECONDARY CAUSE IS DUE TO THE RELENTLESS SCHEDULING OF MAX DUTY FOR B737 FO'S. FOR EXAMPLE; I WAS EXTENDED TWICE IN 6 DUTY DAYS OVER THE LAST WK CULMINATING BEING ON DUTY INTO A 7TH DAY ARRIVING AT MY HOME DOMICILE AT XA00 ON A SCHEDULED DAY OFF. THE CREW DESK STAFF ROUTING SCHEDULES PLTS FOR DUTY PERIODS WITH NO ROOM TO ABSORB IRREGULAR OPS FORCING THESE TYPE OF GROSS DEVS AND CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS TO REGULAR SLEEPING HABITS. SUBSEQUENTLY; THE CREW DESK ASSIGNED ME ADDITIONAL DUTY ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THIS FATIGUE CALL 2 HRS AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE IN DOMICILE DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE RESERVES ON THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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.