B757 flight attendant describes fatiguing trips created by her company that require an early evening...

Narrative:

The trips that have a tag leg prior to working a red eye are causing extreme fatigue for myself and others. Our bodies just cannot take a nap prior to working the tag flight. We wake up that morning around XA00 and then we have to leave the hotel around XK15 or XK30 and then continuously work until XA00 the following morning. It is not the hours on duty that are causing the fatigue...it is the fact that we are not able to nap prior to working all night long. We start our day around XJ00. (Getting ready to leave hotel) and do not finish until XA00 the following morning. I do not mind a productive trip but these tags should not be prior to working a red eye. On top of it all we have 2 hours and 25 minutes on the ground in between the tag and the red eye...it is just absurd!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Flight Attendant describes fatiguing trips created by her company that require an early evening check in for a short flight segment; then a 2 hour and 25 minute break before departing on a red eye.

Narrative: The trips that have a tag leg prior to working a red eye are causing extreme fatigue for myself and others. Our bodies just cannot take a nap prior to working the tag flight. We wake up that morning around XA00 and then we have to leave the hotel around XK15 or XK30 and then continuously work until XA00 the following morning. It is not the hours on duty that are causing the fatigue...it is the fact that we are not able to nap prior to working all night long. We start our day around XJ00. (getting ready to leave hotel) and do not finish until XA00 the following morning. I do not mind a productive trip but these tags should not be prior to working a red eye. On top of it all we have 2 hours and 25 minutes on the ground in between the tag and the red eye...it is just absurd!

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	918741
Time
Date	201011
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Other Fatigue

B757 flight attendant describes fatiguing trips created by her company that require an early evening check in for a short flight segment; then a 2 hour and 25 minute break before departing on a red eye.