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An A320 pilot unable to return to work because of fatigue explained the scheduling issues confronting the carrier's pilots and the problem of having insufficient time at home to recover while also living a family life.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 819166 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 179 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 645 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Fatigue |
Narrative:
I just called in fatigued for my trip tomorrow morning. I have had a few days off (3 days; my longest stretch of days off in a month) and have not slept much or well recently. My 5 year old is sick and my spouse is out of town so I have been up with her every night. I came home from my last trip late the night before last. I would have to get up tomorrow morning at XA45 to make my trip. I do not feel well rested at this time nor do I anticipate feeling well rested at XA45 tomorrow morning. However; I believe that this fatigue is not simply from the past few days; but cumulative over the last month. Before these 3 days off; I had worked 19 of the past 24 days. My longest stretch of days off had been 2. A schedule like this is not sustainable; nor safe. I can't imagine that I am the only one that comes home and has to pay bills; do laundry; cook meals; and -- the most important (and time consuming) -- take care of family. I hope that it won't take a smoking hole in the ground for someone to realize how fatiguing and unsafe these schedules are.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 pilot unable to return to work because of fatigue explained the scheduling issues confronting the carrier's pilots and the problem of having insufficient time at home to recover while also living a family life.
Narrative: I just called in fatigued for my trip tomorrow morning. I have had a few days off (3 days; my longest stretch of days off in a month) and have not slept much or well recently. My 5 year old is sick and my spouse is out of town so I have been up with her every night. I came home from my last trip late the night before last. I would have to get up tomorrow morning at XA45 to make my trip. I do not feel well rested at this time nor do I anticipate feeling well rested at XA45 tomorrow morning. However; I believe that this fatigue is not simply from the past few days; but cumulative over the last month. Before these 3 days off; I had worked 19 of the past 24 days. My longest stretch of days off had been 2. A schedule like this is not sustainable; nor safe. I can't imagine that I am the only one that comes home and has to pay bills; do laundry; cook meals; and -- the most important (and time consuming) -- take care of family. I hope that it won't take a smoking hole in the ground for someone to realize how fatiguing and unsafe these schedules are.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.