Narrative:

I started my day at xa:30 to prepare for and drove to the airport to begin a 2-day trip at xd:54. The first round trip; ZZZ-ZZZ1-ZZZ; went nearly as scheduled and we began our 3 hour scheduled sit at xj:24. The second half of our day was to be a xm:30 deadhead ZZZ-ZZZ2 then work a flight ZZZ2-ZZZ3. Due to weather delays our deadhead flight had been delayed with an estimated departure of xq:00. At approximately xo:10 I felt my fitness for duty was compromised due to fatigue and notified crew scheduling. After being quickly told they would adjust my schedule with no further questions asked regarding my fatigue or the circumstances I was placed on hold for a considerable amount of time.when the crew scheduler returned I was told I would have a xb:25 report the following morning. I explained that; based on my fatigue; I didn't feel that would be enough rest. I suggested a report time from xd:30 or later would be adequate. I was told by the crew scheduler that per company policy and fars that they were required to give me only 10 hours of rest and that my choices would be to show up at xb:25 or to refuse the trip. This option felt like an intimidation tactic to pressure me into accepting a schedule for which I felt I was unfit. I reiterated a few times that based on my assessment of my fatigue level that a xd:30 report time would be the earliest I would feel safe accepting. I was again told to either accept the xb:25 report or talk to the chief pilot.I asked to talk to the chief pilot and was told I was being marked as refusing to accept the trip then was transferred to the chief pilot's voicemail. At this time I have received no response from the chief pilot.while the original schedule was demanding with its hours (xj:21 duty for day 1) it was not unsafe in my opinion if it were to operate on time. With the weather delay increasing the airport sit time from 3 hours to 6+ and with no comfortable and quiet place to rest became too fatiguing. Weather delays are unpredictable and the crew scheduler's refusal to accept my fatigue call and the intimidating statements that I would be refusing the trip if I didn't accept the early report time were unsafe. I am the best judge of my fitness for duty.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain expressed his displeasure at attempts by Crew Scheduling and Flight Operations Management to coerce him to fly despite lengthy weather delays that had increased their originally schedule 13 hour plus day by at least three hours.

Narrative: I started my day at XA:30 to prepare for and drove to the airport to begin a 2-day trip at XD:54. The first round trip; ZZZ-ZZZ1-ZZZ; went nearly as scheduled and we began our 3 hour scheduled sit at XJ:24. The second half of our day was to be a XM:30 deadhead ZZZ-ZZZ2 then work a flight ZZZ2-ZZZ3. Due to weather delays our deadhead flight had been delayed with an estimated departure of XQ:00. At approximately XO:10 I felt my fitness for duty was compromised due to fatigue and notified crew scheduling. After being quickly told they would adjust my schedule with no further questions asked regarding my fatigue or the circumstances I was placed on hold for a considerable amount of time.When the crew scheduler returned I was told I would have a XB:25 report the following morning. I explained that; based on my fatigue; I didn't feel that would be enough rest. I suggested a report time from XD:30 or later would be adequate. I was told by the crew scheduler that per company policy and FARs that they were required to give me only 10 hours of rest and that my choices would be to show up at XB:25 or to refuse the trip. This option felt like an intimidation tactic to pressure me into accepting a schedule for which I felt I was unfit. I reiterated a few times that based on my assessment of my fatigue level that a XD:30 report time would be the earliest I would feel safe accepting. I was again told to either accept the XB:25 report or talk to the Chief Pilot.I asked to talk to the Chief Pilot and was told I was being marked as refusing to accept the trip then was transferred to the Chief Pilot's voicemail. At this time I have received no response from the Chief Pilot.While the original schedule was demanding with its hours (XJ:21 duty for day 1) it was not unsafe in my opinion if it were to operate on time. With the weather delay increasing the airport sit time from 3 hours to 6+ and with no comfortable and quiet place to rest became too fatiguing. Weather delays are unpredictable and the crew scheduler's refusal to accept my fatigue call and the intimidating statements that I would be refusing the trip if I didn't accept the early report time were unsafe. I am the best judge of my fitness for duty.

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.