FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING THE WORK SCHEDULING THAT WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE CREATED AN UNSATISFACTORY WORK ENVIRONMENT; WITH LONG DUTY DAYS AND SHORT SCHEDULED REST PERIODS OUT OF DFW; TX.

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I WAS CALLING IN FATIGUED THE PREVIOUS DAY AND WAS STILL MADE TO FLY THE SCHEDULE I WAS GIVEN. I HAD TO GO OFF ON MEDICAL. THEY TOOK ME OFF FROM FLYING FOR 24 HRS AND TOLD ME TO REST. I WAS ON LONG DAYS AND SHORT OVERNIGHTS. I WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP DURING THE NIGHTS. I CALLED MY MGR AND TOLD HER I FELT UNSAFE TO FLY AND DID NOT FEEL I COULD DO MY JOB. THE COMPANY DID NOTHING TO HELP ME IN THIS MATTER. I WAS TIRED AND SICK AND WAS STILL PENALIZED FOR NOT FLYING. OVER 12 HRS IS TOO HARD TO WORK AND BE SAFE ON SHORT OVERNIGHTS. FOR 3 DAYS I WAS ON LESS THAN 9 HRS 30 MIN OVERNIGHTS AND OVER 12 HRS 45 MINS ON DUTY TIME. I HAD TO FILE A COMPLAINT. I WAS ON RESERVE DUTY AND ALL WAS LEGAL TO FLY. HOWEVER; THE DAYS I WAS ASKED TO WORK WAS MAKING ME TIRED AND SICK. I WAS NOT SAFE AND EVEN FELT LETHARGIC. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND SHE EVEN SAID IT WAS NOT SAFE TO FLY SO MUCH AND SO LITTLE 'ACTUAL TIME SLEEPING;' LESS THAN 7 HRS 30 MINS ON EACH OVERNIGHT; FOLLOWED BY OVER 13 HR DUTY DAYS. WE DO NOT GET 'BEHIND THE DOOR TIME' (IT IS 'BLOCK IN' TIME) WHICH CAN BE MORE THAN A FULL HR -- A BIG DIFFERENCE.