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An air carrier captain's rest was interrupted when he was placed on short call standby status with a 15 minute callback time even though he was already assigned a trip which departed later that morning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 967587 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I have been assigned 'short call standby' until report time later this morning for a trip. It is not possible to get rest while on 'short call standby'; being on short call 'until report time' will lead to fatigue and lack of alertness; not at all a safe operation. I will be happy to follow the guidelines of short call standby up to report time; I will leave my phone on in order to return a call to scheduling within 15 minutes and report for duty within 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will however mean that I will not have had the rest to safely operate the aircraft on my assigned trip and feel that I should be replaced with a pilot who has or be removed from my short call status to get the necessary rest.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier Captain's rest was interrupted when he was placed on short call standby status with a 15 minute callback time even though he was already assigned a trip which departed later that morning.
Narrative: I have been assigned 'short call standby' until report time later this morning for a trip. It is not possible to get rest while on 'short call standby'; being on short call 'until report time' will lead to Fatigue and Lack of Alertness; not at all a safe operation. I will be happy to follow the guidelines of short call standby up to report time; I will leave my phone on in order to return a call to scheduling within 15 minutes and report for duty within 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will however mean that I will not have had the rest to safely operate the aircraft on my assigned trip and feel that I should be replaced with a pilot who has or be removed from my short call status to get the necessary rest.
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.