AN ACR FREIGHTER CAPT COMPLAINS THAT HIS COMPANY SCHEDULES RESERVE FLC PERSONNEL WITHOUT REGARD TO NORMAL BIORHYTHMS OF THEIR DOMICILES.

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AT MY FREIGHT ACR THEY USE THE 121.471 RULES TO THEIR MAX BENEFIT; WITH NO REGARD TO FLYING THE BACK SIDE OF THE CLOCK (NIGHTS). ALSO; OUR RESERVE POLICY IS THE JUNIOR MAN OUT ALL THE TIME WHILE SENIOR PEOPLE STAY AT HOME FOR WKS AT A TIME. THE ONLY WAY JUNIOR PEOPLE MAY SEEK RELIEF IS BY CALLING IN SICK; TAKING A DAY OFF WITHOUT PAY (OUT OF SICK DAYS). FATIGUE. MY EVENT BEGAN IN SAN ANTONIO; TX; WHERE I AWOKE FROM SLEEP AT XA00. THAT NIGHT; I FLEW SAT-DAL-CVG-SLC-SMF; APR/WED/98 AT XS00; APR/THU/98 I WENT TO SLEEP. MY BIORHYTHMS WAKE ME UP REGARDLESS TO WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT XB00 OR XW00. THIS WAS NO DIFFERENT. AT XV45 (3 HRS 45 MINS OF REST) I WOKE UP; UNABLE TO RETURN TO SLEEP. XP30 I RETURN TO WORK AND FLY SMF-SLC-CVG. AT XB15 THE NEXT DAY I WAS ASSIGNED A TRIP LEAVING IN 1 HR TO CVG-MCI-DEN. WX IN DEN WAS MARGINAL AT BEST. I WOULD HAVE LANDED IN DEN AROUND XS00. LOOKING BACK TO MY LAST GOOD REST IN SAN ANTONIO; I WOULD HAVE HAD 3 HRS 45 MINS OF REST IN THE PAST 42 HRS; WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN MINIMUM WX CONDITIONS.