Narrative:

After approximately 13 hours of short call reserve; I was called for a 6 day international trip. Completion of the first leg of the trip would result in being awake for approximately 29 hours at the time of landing. This situation; in my estimation; is very unsafe and should not be allowed; much less required. After I accepted the trip; I requested to speak with the flight duty manager to discuss options including calling in fatigued. Through the course of this process; the crew desk incorrectly and punitively called me absent for the trip. A half an hour later; I received another call requesting me to fly the trip once again; and once again I accepted the trip. I received yet another call 15 minutes later notifying me they had re-crewed the trip and that I was no longer needed. It is important to note that scheduling assigned this trip; with just over 2 hours prior to departure; outside my short call window (7AM-10PM). The trip was scheduled to depart after 10PM. The later; (10AM-1AM) short call who should have been assigned the trip was skipped for some unknown reason; and I was assigned the trip incorrectly. The late; 10 to 1AM short call is designed to safely cover the all night international flights and was not used. I also feel growing pressure to accept these potentially dangerous trips; legal or not; fearing incorrectly being called absent or docked pay etc. In the past; I have accepted a number of these trips and I can tell you from personal experience that it is unsafe. Often the whole cockpit crew is assigned in this way; creating a very unsafe environment at landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 pilot reports being assigned an international trip that departs outside of his short call reserve window. The assignment is latter rescinded but the practice has occurred previously and is very fatiguing and unsafe.

Narrative: After approximately 13 hours of short call reserve; I was called for a 6 day international trip. Completion of the first leg of the trip would result in being awake for approximately 29 hours at the time of landing. This situation; in my estimation; is very unsafe and should not be allowed; much less required. After I accepted the trip; I requested to speak with the flight duty manager to discuss options including calling in fatigued. Through the course of this process; the crew desk incorrectly and punitively called me absent for the trip. A half an hour later; I received another call requesting me to fly the trip once again; and once again I accepted the trip. I received yet another call 15 minutes later notifying me they had re-crewed the trip and that I was no longer needed. It is important to note that scheduling assigned this trip; with just over 2 hours prior to departure; outside my short call window (7AM-10PM). The trip was scheduled to depart after 10PM. The later; (10AM-1AM) short call who should have been assigned the trip was skipped for some unknown reason; and I was assigned the trip incorrectly. The late; 10 to 1AM short call is designed to safely cover the all night international flights and was not used. I also feel growing pressure to accept these potentially dangerous trips; legal or not; fearing incorrectly being called absent or docked pay etc. In the past; I have accepted a number of these trips and I can tell you from personal experience that it is unsafe. Often the whole cockpit crew is assigned in this way; creating a very unsafe environment at landing.

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.