CABIN ATTENDANT REFUSES EXTENDED DUTY DUE TO ANTICIPATED FATIGUE WHICH WOULD RESULT.

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I HAD A SCHEDULE ZZZ-ZZZ1 WITH A 08:20 DEP. MY VAN PICK-UP TIME FROM LAYOVER HOTEL WAS SCHEDULED FOR 06:20. AT 06:20; I CALLED VAN SERVICE AS THE VAN HADN'T ARRIVED. I CALLED MY AIRLINE'S HOTEL DESK AT 06:30 TO REPORT SAME. AT 07:55 AND 08:17; I CALLED AIRLINE CREW SCHEDULING. AT 08:21; I ARRIVED AT ZZZ ARPT AND WAS GIVEN A NEW ASSIGNMENT WITH A DUTY TIME OF 13 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES (ZZZ-ZZZ2 DEPARTING 10:55; ZZZ2-ZZZ3 DEPARTING 17:15; ARR ZZZ3 19:37 LOCAL). I ASKED SCHEDULING TO RESCHEDULE TO A LESSER DUTY TIME AS I ANTICIPATED INFLT FATIGUE GIVEN THAT I HAD RPTED FOR TRANSPORT AT 06:20. THE AIRLINE SCHEDULERS SAID DUTY TIME WAS CALCULATED FROM 08:17 WHEN I ARRIVED AT ARPT. I CHOSE TO GO ON 'FATIGUE' STATUS; IN WHICH THE AIRLINE REQUIRED ME TO SEE THE COMPANY DOCTOR; PLTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SEE THE DOCTOR. THE COMPANY DOCTOR HAD NO CRITERIA FOR ANTICIPATING FURTHER FATIGUE; OR TESTING FOR FATIGUE; EXCEPT THAT I HAD NOT YET WORKED A 12 HOUR DUTY DAY; NOR DID THE DOCTOR TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MY RESTLESS SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE COMPANY DOCTOR TOOK ME OFF 'FATIGUE' STATUS TO RETURN TO MY ASSIGNMENT. I REQUESTED THAT I BE ALLOWED TO GO HOME. I RECEIVED A DISCIPLINARY STATUS FOR NOT TAKING MY ASSIGNMENT AND WAS SUBJECT TO COMPANY INVESTIGATION. AIRLINES SHOULD NOT QUESTION A FATIGUE ASSERTION. RECOGNIZE THAT FLT ATTENDANT FATIGUE EXISTS AS A WORK RELATED FACTOR. DUTY TIME SHOULD INCLUDE TIME SPENT IN SCHEDULED TRANSPORTATION TO THE ARPT FROM A LAYOVER; AND REQUIRED PHONE CALLS. FLT ATTENDANTS SHOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY DISCIPLINE IN DENYING THEY ARE FATIGUED. AN AIRLINE DOCTOR CANNOT DETERMINE FATIGUE.