Narrative:

Upon reaching our departure gate my crew was advised that our aircraft would be at least three hours late inbound. At this point we contacted dispatch to find out more information regarding the flight. About one hour after talking with dispatch we realized this delay would affect our flight for the next morning. We then contacted scheduling to find a suitable resolution to the developing situation. We were told to contact them when we arrived in ZZZ. We followed these instructions upon arriving three hours late into ZZZ. We were given 8 hours reduced rest as well as a thirty minute reduced report to the gate. This equates to eight hours fifty minutes from block in to block out. The van ride was almost forty minutes of this time.I understand that the storm of public outcry has calmed [recently] but this irresponsible scheduling is a major contributing factor [to such] accidents and it seems that no one cares. Our company had over four hours to come up with a safer plan but chose this one. If this is our company policy I would like them to stop telling the flight crews that safety is their number one concern.there are several different ways to correct these problems like proper staffing; better communication; and flexibility with crews to ensure safer operations. If my crew would have been notified at the hotel we wouldn't have spent four hours at the airport wasting energy that could have been better saved for eleven hour plus duty day after this event. I don't know what genius thought that hotel transportation is rest but they are a moron. I lost 40 minutes of sleep time to a van ride and there is no way we can report 30 minutes prior to departure and still get a flight out on time. This puts added pressure on the crew to make assigned 'rest' look legal. In total I got about five and half hours sleep before a long day. Is this the safest path for our airline?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A regional air carrier First Officer detailed debilitating scheduling practices by his company.

Narrative: Upon reaching our departure gate my crew was advised that our aircraft would be at least three hours late inbound. At this point we contacted Dispatch to find out more information regarding the flight. About one hour after talking with Dispatch we realized this delay would affect our flight for the next morning. We then contacted scheduling to find a suitable resolution to the developing situation. We were told to contact them when we arrived in ZZZ. We followed these instructions upon arriving three hours late into ZZZ. We were given 8 hours reduced rest as well as a thirty minute reduced report to the gate. This equates to eight hours fifty minutes from block in to block out. The van ride was almost forty minutes of this time.I understand that the storm of public outcry has calmed [recently] but this irresponsible scheduling is a major contributing factor [to such] accidents and it seems that no one cares. Our company had over four hours to come up with a safer plan but chose this one. If this is our company policy I would like them to stop telling the flight crews that safety is their number one concern.There are several different ways to correct these problems like proper staffing; better communication; and flexibility with crews to ensure safer operations. If my crew would have been notified at the hotel we wouldn't have spent four hours at the airport wasting energy that could have been better saved for eleven hour plus duty day after this event. I don't know what genius thought that hotel transportation is rest but they are a moron. I lost 40 minutes of sleep time to a van ride and there is no way we can report 30 minutes prior to departure and still get a flight out on time. This puts added pressure on the crew to make assigned 'REST' look legal. In total I got about five and half hours sleep before a long day. Is this the safest path for our airline?

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.