A RESERVE FO CITES SMALL MISTAKES BEING MADE AS A RESULT OF BEING TIRED DUE TO A PERCEIVED ABUSIVE OF RESERVE PLT SCHEDULING SYS.

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I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR NEW RESERVE SYS. I MUST SAY THAT 10 DAYS OFF A MONTH IS NOT ENOUGH TO RECOVER AND TO OPERATE SAFELY FROM THE ABUSE WE RECEIVE ON RESERVE. I WAS CALLED EARLY IN THE MORNING (I KNOW I COULD CHK ANOTHER BOX FOR ON MY DAY OFF) AND FOUND IT VERY HARD TO GET BACK TO SLEEP FOR HRS. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED THAT OUR AIRPLANE WAS OVER 3 HRS LATE; SO WE SHOWED UP ON TIME. WE FLY UNTIL EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEN HAVE TO SWITCH OUR SCHEDULE AROUND AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO WAKING UP IN THE WEE HRS OF THE MORNING. OUR TRIP WENT FROM EITHER RUSHING 20 MIN TURNS WHILE CHANGING AIRPLANES TO SITTING FOR 5 HRS AT A TIME. WE ALSO HAD CREW ILLEGALITIES TO GET MINIMUM TIME AT THE LAYOVER. I WAS DEAD TIRED TO CATCH UP 3 LEGS AFTER A FEW HRS OF SLEEP JUST TO BE NOTIFIED 2 LEGS BEFORE MY TRIP FINISHED TO CONTACT CREW SCHEDULING WHEN I FINISHED. I WAS MAKING SMALL MISTAKES ON SET-UP WHILE EVEN TRYING TO CONCENTRATE EXTRA HARD. THEN I GOT ASSIGNED FIELD STANDBY FOR XA00. I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND GOT READY AND THEN CHKED MY SCHEDULE. I WAS ASSIGNED HRS EARLIER A TRIP THAT LEFT AFTER XD00. NO ONE CONTACTED ME; BUT I CALLED THEM AND TRIED TO GET MORE DESPERATELY NEEDED SLEEP. I AM EXHAUSTED AND JUST HAVE TO TRY TO CATCH UP THIS WKEND BEFORE 6 MORE DAYS OF ABUSE. CHANGE THE SYS!