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A319 first officer reports that his airline's flight crew schedulers fail to recognize the deleterious effects of certain types of flight patterns on pilot fatigue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 824882 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Fatigue |
Narrative:
This trip pairing had myself and the captain get up around XA00AM to report for duty in ZZZ1 by XB15AM. Fly down to ZZZ2 with an arrival time of XE51L. We went to the hotel for about 12 hours then came back out to fly a red eye from ZZZ2 to ZZZZ. During this red eye; neither the captain nor myself got anything that resembled adequate rest in the ZZZ2 hotel that we stay at. Maids cleaning; kids running up and down the hallways during the day. I reported to work exhausted. Did the red eye to ZZZZ and back completly exhausted. This event happened simply because our airlines do not care about the schedules they submit to this pilot group. We are not machines that can simply turn off when necessary and awake as needed. This disruptive sleep schedule that we are scheduled for is bound to cause pilot fatigue!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 First Officer reports that his airline's flight crew schedulers fail to recognize the deleterious effects of certain types of flight patterns on pilot fatigue.
Narrative: This trip pairing had myself and the Captain get up around XA00AM to report for duty in ZZZ1 by XB15AM. Fly down to ZZZ2 with an arrival time of XE51L. We went to the hotel for about 12 hours then came back out to fly a red eye from ZZZ2 to ZZZZ. During this red eye; neither the Captain nor myself got anything that resembled adequate rest in the ZZZ2 hotel that we stay at. Maids cleaning; kids running up and down the hallways during the day. I reported to work exhausted. Did the red eye to ZZZZ and back completly exhausted. This event happened simply because our airlines do not care about the schedules they submit to this pilot group. We are not machines that can simply turn off when necessary and awake as needed. This disruptive sleep schedule that we are scheduled for is bound to cause pilot fatigue!
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.