Narrative:

We had a short layover (11:59) scheduled for the second night of our 3 day trip. We checked into the hotel xa:45 (+1 hour home base time) and I got to bed at approximately xb:45. Five hours and fifteen minutes later I was awoken by loud noises and beeping sounds outside of my window. Apparently my room over looked the rear deliver docks for the hotel and trucks were arriving for their weekday morning deliveries. I was unable to go back to sleep so with about 5 hours of rest I started my day. Check in was at xl:00 and our day was scheduled for 7:05 block time; 10:25 duty. Our first segment was uneventful. While planning for our next segment we noticed that the destination weather had deteriorated significantly (sn; fzfg; 1;400 RVR) and we flight planned accordingly. Just prior to push we were advised of an edct time for destination and remained on the gate with our passengers on board for 30 minutes. We then pushed; taxied out and shut down on a taxiway near the end of the runway. There was a discrepancy in our wheels up time so we spent some time going back and forth with ATC and dispatch to clarify things- our destination then went to a ground stop. We remained on the taxiway for 2 hours updating the passengers; talking with dispatch; the flight attendants and eventually company operations as time started to become a factor and extended delay kits were issued. The flight attendants were calling with passenger questions as they were hearing about local airports and destination power outages over their cell phones. After a busy 2 hours sitting on the taxiway we were cleared for takeoff. Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff; while in the climb; in IMC with engine anti-ice on we received an engine bleed leak ECAM. We ran checklists; talked to dispatch; talked to maintenance and were unable to fix the problem. Unable to continue into known icing conditions we coordinated with ATC; declared an emergency; turned around and headed back to the departure airport. The passengers were briefed and the flight attendants were given a cabin advisory. Aside from the 15 minutes of (very) moderate turbulence on the descent the return was fast paced but uneventful. Almost 4 hours after boarding and 3 hours and 8 minutes after push back we were back where we started. It felt like an action packed pc had just successfully ended. The captain and I debriefed and then headed down to operations. Upon arrival in operations at xt:45 we were advised that all of our passengers had been accommodated on another flight that was just leaving for our planned destination. We were then told by the station that there was another airbus inbound; arriving at xu:15 that they planned to turn and we would ferry it to our planned destination at xv:00. We called the crew desk and were told that was indeed the plan and that we would also operate back to this airport for the overnight. When the captain advised that would put us at 9:56 minutes of flight time and 14:00 hours of duty for the day as well as get us back into our over night fifteen hours after check in (if everything went as planned) the response was 'it's legal.' we did not receive any calls to discuss the emergency on our last flight or to check on our status. We were also never asked if we were ok to go with the revised plan; it was legal!! Feeling the adrenaline rush start to decline I headed upstairs to the terminal for a cup of coffee and to get myself in the mindset for another 5 hours of flying. I was sitting at an empty gate waiting for our airplane to arrive when I hit the proverbial 'brick wall.' I attempted to contact the flight duty manager several times over the next 20-30 minutes but was unable to reach him. After doing a self assessment on my fitness to fly I determined that I was approaching my limits. I would not be able to do a round trip; arriving back at the destination after being awake 18 hours; with 10 hours of flight time and 14 hours of duty; safely. I called the crew desk and advisedthem I was fatigued.

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Title: An A320 First Officer called in fatigued after being reassigned flying that would extend his awake time to nineteen hours with 9+56 flight hours and fourteen hours on duty.

Narrative: We had a short layover (11:59) scheduled for the second night of our 3 day trip. We checked into the hotel XA:45 (+1 hour Home Base Time) and I got to bed at approximately XB:45. Five hours and fifteen minutes later I was awoken by loud noises and beeping sounds outside of my window. Apparently my room over looked the rear deliver docks for the hotel and trucks were arriving for their weekday morning deliveries. I was unable to go back to sleep so with about 5 hours of rest I started my day. Check in was at XL:00 and our day was scheduled for 7:05 block time; 10:25 duty. Our first segment was uneventful. While planning for our next segment we noticed that the destination weather had deteriorated significantly (SN; FZFG; 1;400 RVR) and we flight planned accordingly. Just prior to push we were advised of an EDCT time for destination and remained on the gate with our passengers on board for 30 minutes. We then pushed; taxied out and shut down on a taxiway near the end of the runway. There was a discrepancy in our wheels up time so we spent some time going back and forth with ATC and Dispatch to clarify things- our destination then went to a ground stop. We remained on the taxiway for 2 hours updating the passengers; talking with Dispatch; the flight attendants and eventually Company Operations as time started to become a factor and extended delay kits were issued. The flight attendants were calling with passenger questions as they were hearing about local airports and destination power outages over their cell phones. After a busy 2 hours sitting on the taxiway we were cleared for takeoff. Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff; while in the climb; in IMC with engine anti-ice on we received an ENG BLEED LEAK ECAM. We ran checklists; talked to Dispatch; talked to Maintenance and were unable to fix the problem. Unable to continue into known icing conditions we coordinated with ATC; declared an emergency; turned around and headed back to the departure airport. The passengers were briefed and the flight attendants were given a cabin advisory. Aside from the 15 minutes of (very) moderate turbulence on the descent the return was fast paced but uneventful. Almost 4 hours after boarding and 3 hours and 8 minutes after push back we were back where we started. It felt like an action packed PC had just successfully ended. The Captain and I debriefed and then headed down to operations. Upon arrival in operations at XT:45 we were advised that all of our passengers had been accommodated on another flight that was just leaving for our planned destination. We were then told by the station that there was another Airbus inbound; arriving at XU:15 that they planned to turn and we would ferry it to our planned destination at XV:00. We called the crew desk and were told that was indeed the plan and that we would also operate back to this airport for the overnight. When the Captain advised that would put us at 9:56 minutes of flight time and 14:00 hours of duty for the day as well as get us back into our over night fifteen hours after check in (if everything went as planned) the response was 'it's legal.' We did not receive any calls to discuss the emergency on our last flight or to check on our status. We were also never asked if we were OK to go with the revised plan; it was legal!! Feeling the adrenaline rush start to decline I headed upstairs to the terminal for a cup of coffee and to get myself in the mindset for another 5 hours of flying. I was sitting at an empty gate waiting for our airplane to arrive when I hit the proverbial 'brick wall.' I attempted to contact the Flight Duty Manager several times over the next 20-30 minutes but was unable to reach him. After doing a self assessment on my fitness to fly I determined that I was approaching my limits. I would not be able to do a round trip; arriving back at the destination after being awake 18 hours; with 10 hours of flight time and 14 hours of duty; safely. I called the Crew Desk and advisedthem I was fatigued.

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.