A reserve first officer was awakened after three hours of sleep by crew scheduling to be assigned a ...

Narrative:

At 17:00L; contacted to report to the airport as soon as possible to serve on 'field standby' to ferry a B777. While driving to the airport; a two hour drive; I was in contact with scheduling that the auto traffic was heavy. When I arrived at flight operations; I was told the flight was canceled but never informed. I sat 'field standby' until 23:30L; then went to my car and drove home. Arriving home at 03:00L; took a shower; and went to sleep at 04:00L. The crew desk woke me at 07:00L; three hours of sleep after a full day of driving (300 miles) and assigned me a flying seat assignment leaving fourteen hours later. I refused based on fatigue; they should have reviewed my schedule and called a few hours later; thereby doubling my sleep. I felt too exhausted and decided it was unsafe to be awake all day; to again drive two hours and then occupy the flying seat to [an international destination].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Reserve First Officer was awakened after three hours of sleep by Crew Scheduling to be assigned a trip 14 hours in the future. The trip is declined due to fatigue.

Narrative: At 17:00L; contacted to report to the Airport ASAP to serve on 'Field Standby' to ferry a B777. While driving to the airport; a two hour drive; I was in contact with scheduling that the auto traffic was heavy. When I arrived at flight operations; I was told the flight was canceled but never informed. I sat 'field standby' until 23:30L; then went to my car and drove home. Arriving home at 03:00L; took a shower; and went to sleep at 04:00L. The crew desk woke me at 07:00L; three hours of sleep after a full day of driving (300 miles) and assigned me a flying seat assignment leaving fourteen hours later. I refused based on fatigue; they should have reviewed my schedule and called a few hours later; thereby DOUBLING my sleep. I felt too exhausted and decided it was UNSAFE to be awake all day; to again drive two hours and then occupy the flying seat to [an international destination].

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.

Attributes
ACN	993033
Time
Date	201202
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Other Fatigue

A reserve first officer was awakened after three hours of sleep by crew scheduling to be assigned a trip 14 hours in the future. The trip is declined due to fatigue.