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Unable to obtain adequate rest the previous 40 hours; an air carrier first officer on reserve refused an early am assignment due to excessive fatigue. The reporter questioned whether reserve pilots were less protected from such assignments than pilots holding pre-published flight schedules.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 990224 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201201 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other fatigue |
Narrative:
I had been awake for a period of 40 hours and was given a reserve assignment at 2 am after flying an all night flight the previous evening. I was unable to accept the assignment due to major fatigue. It is amazing to me that a pilot with a regular flying schedule cannot be scheduled for or fly two early morning flights; yet a reserve pilot can be scheduled to fly an all night flight followed by an early assignment the next day and is expected to be adequately rested. This process should be stopped as it is very unsafe not only to the aviation community but to the individual pilot as well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Unable to obtain adequate rest the previous 40 hours; an air carrier First Officer on reserve refused an early AM assignment due to excessive fatigue. The reporter questioned whether reserve pilots were less protected from such assignments than pilots holding pre-published flight schedules.
Narrative: I had been awake for a period of 40 hours and was given a reserve assignment at 2 AM after flying an all night flight the previous evening. I was unable to accept the assignment due to major fatigue. It is amazing to me that a pilot with a regular flying schedule cannot be scheduled for or fly two early morning flights; yet a reserve pilot can be scheduled to fly an all night flight followed by an early assignment the next day and is expected to be adequately rested. This process should be stopped as it is very unsafe not only to the aviation community but to the individual pilot as well.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.