AN ACR FLT CREW SLEEPS THROUGH THEIR DSCNT CLRNC 60 MI SE OF ZZZ. ONCE THEY WERE AWAKENED BY 'FRANTIC' CALLS FROM ATC; A SUCCESSFUL ARR WAS COMPLETED.

Date: 2004-03 · Aircraft: A319

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

AN ACR FLT CREW SLEEPS THROUGH THEIR DSCNT CLRNC 60 MI SE OF ZZZ. ONCE THEY WERE AWAKENED BY 'FRANTIC' CALLS FROM ATC; A SUCCESSFUL ARR WAS COMPLETED.

Narrative

HAD BEEN DOING 4 MONTHS OF STAND-UP'S. LATE RPT; FLY TO ZZZ1 ARRIVE AT XA30 AND GO TO MOTEL AND REST APPROX 8 HRS. SHOW AT XH00; FLY BACK TO ZZZ. FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH; HAD A SCHEDULE CHANGE TO 'RED EYES;' WHICH CONSISTS OF LEAVING ZZZ AT XA50; FLY TO ZZZ2 AND 1 HR TURN-BACK TO ZZZ. NO REST; JUST STRAIGHT 7+ HR FLT TO ZZZ2 AND BACK. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY AFTER 2 PREVIOUS RED EYES; THIS BEING THIRD RED EYE IN A ROW; LAST 45 MINS OF FLT I FELL ASLEEP AND SO DID THE FO. MISSED ALL CALLS FROM ATC TO MEET XING RESTR AT INTXN IN THE SE CORRIDOR TO ZZZ. THE XING RESTR BEING INTXN AT FL190 AND 250 KTS. INSTEAD; WE CROSSED INTXN AT FL350 AND MACH .82. I WOKE UP; WHY I DON'T KNOW; AND HEARD FRANTIC CALLS FROM ATC APPROX 5 DME INSIDE OF INTXN. I ANSWERED ATC AND ABIDED BY ALL INSTRUCTIONS TO GET DOWN. WOKE FO UP; STARTED DOWN TO FL220 AS INSTRUCTED; EXPEDITING TO FL220 AND THEN TO 14000 FT WITH TURNS TO 360 DEGS AND THEN TO 180 DEGS. FINISHED ALL CHKLISTS AND LANDED IN ZZZ WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. WAS NOT TOLD TO CALL ATC; BUT DID FILE RPT WITH COMPANY. ATTRIBUTE INCIDENT TO PLT FATIGUE; AND HOPEFULLY COMPANY IS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING THESE TRIP PAIRINGS.

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