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ATP rated pilot advised an area freight airline engaged in debilitative training and flight schedules that have contributed to previous accidents. Predicts worse is to come if such practices continue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 823151 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200901 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 14400 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Other FATIGUE |
Narrative:
Company insists on all-night training sessions that fatigue and exhaust pilots; then dispatching them into inclement weather regardless of level of fatigue. This company has had at least 3 accidents in the past 5 years partly attributed to this procedure. A fatal accident is looking for a place to happen from these procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATP rated pilot advised an area freight airline engaged in debilitative training and flight schedules that have contributed to previous accidents. Predicts worse is to come if such practices continue.
Narrative: Company insists on all-night training sessions that fatigue and exhaust pilots; then dispatching them into inclement weather regardless of level of fatigue. This company has had at least 3 accidents in the past 5 years partly attributed to this procedure. A fatal accident is looking for a place to happen from these procedures.
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.