Reserve flight attendant reports being assigned to an all night two leg flight with no prior warning...

Narrative:

I was called for the ZZZ turn in the afternoon with an early evening check in. I woke up that day early morning and had no idea the ZZZ turn was a possibility. I had no time to prepare for this trip...to take a nap/rest/eat quality food etc. This turn is a danger to reserve flight attendants who get assigned this trip at the last minute. If reserves are going to get this trip we must be allowed a break. If reserves are given this trip we not only need the break but augmented staffing and have an additional working flight attendant. On this flight safety was compromised because I was tired and unprepared to have a duty day near 13 hours beginning in the evening. Reserve flight attendants who are given this trip are set up to fail because we cannot be at our best. We cannot be the best safety professionals we know we can be when we are trying to stay alert. Safety cannot be jeopardized like this on an airplane. Flight attendants are truly the eyes ears and nose for the airplane and pilot and we cannot provide the best security of the passengers; crew; and aircraft when we have been up for 25+ hours. We have to have proper rest and advanced notice for a trip like this. I have been assigned this trip before on reserve and nothing has been done. I seriously hope the company and FAA will take these reports seriously because it is truly a huge danger when the safety professionals are exhausted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Reserve Flight Attendant reports being assigned to an all night two leg flight with no prior warning; after sleeping normally the night prior and waking up in the morning.

Narrative: I was called for the ZZZ turn in the afternoon with an early evening check in. I woke up that day early morning and had no idea the ZZZ turn was a possibility. I had no time to prepare for this trip...to take a nap/rest/eat quality food etc. This turn is a danger to reserve flight attendants who get assigned this trip at the last minute. If reserves are going to get this trip we must be allowed a break. If reserves are given this trip we not only need the break but augmented staffing and have an additional working flight attendant. On this flight safety was compromised because I was tired and unprepared to have a duty day near 13 hours beginning in the evening. Reserve flight attendants who are given this trip are set up to fail because we cannot be at our best. We cannot be the best safety professionals we know we can be when we are trying to stay alert. Safety cannot be jeopardized like this on an airplane. Flight attendants are truly the eyes ears and nose for the airplane and pilot and we cannot provide the best security of the passengers; crew; and aircraft when we have been up for 25+ hours. We have to have proper rest and advanced notice for a trip like this. I have been assigned this trip before on reserve and nothing has been done. I seriously hope the company and FAA will take these reports seriously because it is truly a huge danger when the safety professionals are exhausted.

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.

Attributes
ACN	905659
Time
Date	201008
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Reserve flight attendant reports being assigned to an all night two leg flight with no prior warning; after sleeping normally the night prior and waking up in the morning.