Narrative:

At approximately XA30Z on jul/xa/08; notified the crew desk that I was fatigued for flight to yyz. The crew desk asked how much time I would need and I guessed 8 or 9 hours. The crew desk began to reassign me to a flight later in the day and I said again that I was guessing that it would take 8 or 9 hours. The crew desk then asked me if I would be able to work my next trip on jun/xd/08 and I said yes. I believe the scheduling of a 4-DAY trip followed by 1 day off and then this 3-DAY trip started this problem. My wake-up time for this stretch of 8 days ranged from XB00-XC00 with the earlier wake-up at XA30 yesterday morning. I was having difficulty recovering from this acute fatigue and I believe I was chronically fatigued. What did not help last night was my interrupted rest from hearing my hotel neighbor switch on and off their wall lamp and hearing a cell phone ring multiple times on both. Contributing to my fatigue was the stress of proper nutrition (example: hair found in my breakfast on flight); emotional pressure (example: impending job loss and financial pressures); work pressure (scheduled plus actual flying approaching 29.5 hours the last few days) and lack of sleep. On flight today; I believe my alertness and performance was starting to fall off. The captain pulled up the papers for flight to yyz and we discussed the forecast and runway conditions. With the tempo and PROB30 indicating moderate to heavy rain and visibilities down to 1.5 mi mixed with the possibility of flying a localizer only approach with 1.5 mi limits into yyz due to construction; I voiced my concerns to be hazardous and notified the crew desk.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B737 PILOT REPORTED CALLING IN FATIGUED FOR HIS FLIGHT BECAUSE OF LACK OF SLEEP DUE TO STRESS OVER IMPENDING JOB LOSS.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA30Z ON JUL/XA/08; NOTIFIED THE CREW DESK THAT I WAS FATIGUED FOR FLT TO YYZ. THE CREW DESK ASKED HOW MUCH TIME I WOULD NEED AND I GUESSED 8 OR 9 HRS. THE CREW DESK BEGAN TO REASSIGN ME TO A FLT LATER IN THE DAY AND I SAID AGAIN THAT I WAS GUESSING THAT IT WOULD TAKE 8 OR 9 HRS. THE CREW DESK THEN ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK MY NEXT TRIP ON JUN/XD/08 AND I SAID YES. I BELIEVE THE SCHEDULING OF A 4-DAY TRIP FOLLOWED BY 1 DAY OFF AND THEN THIS 3-DAY TRIP STARTED THIS PROB. MY WAKE-UP TIME FOR THIS STRETCH OF 8 DAYS RANGED FROM XB00-XC00 WITH THE EARLIER WAKE-UP AT XA30 YESTERDAY MORNING. I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY RECOVERING FROM THIS ACUTE FATIGUE AND I BELIEVE I WAS CHRONICALLY FATIGUED. WHAT DID NOT HELP LAST NIGHT WAS MY INTERRUPTED REST FROM HEARING MY HOTEL NEIGHBOR SWITCH ON AND OFF THEIR WALL LAMP AND HEARING A CELL PHONE RING MULTIPLE TIMES ON BOTH. CONTRIBUTING TO MY FATIGUE WAS THE STRESS OF PROPER NUTRITION (EXAMPLE: HAIR FOUND IN MY BREAKFAST ON FLT); EMOTIONAL PRESSURE (EXAMPLE: IMPENDING JOB LOSS AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES); WORK PRESSURE (SCHEDULED PLUS ACTUAL FLYING APCHING 29.5 HRS THE LAST FEW DAYS) AND LACK OF SLEEP. ON FLT TODAY; I BELIEVE MY ALERTNESS AND PERFORMANCE WAS STARTING TO FALL OFF. THE CAPT PULLED UP THE PAPERS FOR FLT TO YYZ AND WE DISCUSSED THE FORECAST AND RWY CONDITIONS. WITH THE TEMPO AND PROB30 INDICATING MODERATE TO HVY RAIN AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1.5 MI MIXED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLYING A LOC ONLY APCH WITH 1.5 MI LIMITS INTO YYZ DUE TO CONSTRUCTION; I VOICED MY CONCERNS TO BE HAZARDOUS AND NOTIFIED THE CREW DESK.

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.