Narrative:

On day three of a five day trip I completed a 14 hour duty period. Following that duty period I was given 9:10 minutes of rest with a pre-dawn report time for day four. On day four I was extended by scheduling into another relatively long duty day (9:30 hours). About seven hours into that duty day I was feeling the effects of fatigue. For example; I had to ask the captain if we had completed checklists and get verification that we were cleared to land. After completing that flight; I called crew scheduling and had myself removed from any further duties that day.I had long duty days on the first three days of my trip. By day three I was already getting worn out. Completing a 14 hour day followed by a short rest period with an early show was not an acceptable/safe assignment; especially with another long day tacked on to day four. After I called in fatigued I was docked pay and a 'red tag' was put on my schedule by the company (a mild deterrent technique intended to scare/dissuade crews from calling in fatigued).according to scheduling I was legal to work 16 hours. I feel like I was setup for failure in this situation. Because I was given a non-human (computer) schedule I was docked pay and will now receive a call from a management pilot to have the 'red tag' removed from my line. Makes me wonder how serious the company is about safety.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Q-400 flight crew refused further assignments due to fatigue during the fourth day of a five day flight sequence. The company applied modest disciplinary actions and docked them pay for the flying they were unable to perform due to feeling unfit to fly.

Narrative: On day three of a five day trip I completed a 14 hour duty period. Following that duty period I was given 9:10 minutes of rest with a pre-dawn report time for day four. On day four I was extended by scheduling into another relatively long duty day (9:30 hours). About seven hours into that duty day I was feeling the effects of fatigue. For example; I had to ask the Captain if we had completed checklists and get verification that we were cleared to land. After completing that flight; I called Crew Scheduling and had myself removed from any further duties that day.I had long duty days on the first three days of my trip. By day three I was already getting worn out. Completing a 14 hour day followed by a short rest period with an early show was not an acceptable/safe assignment; especially with another long day tacked on to day four. After I called in fatigued I was docked pay and a 'red tag' was put on my schedule by the company (A mild deterrent technique intended to scare/dissuade crews from calling in fatigued).According to scheduling I was legal to work 16 hours. I feel like I was setup for failure in this situation. Because I was given a non-human (computer) schedule I was docked pay and will now receive a call from a management pilot to have the 'red tag' removed from my line. Makes me wonder how serious the company is about safety.

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.