FLT ATTENDANT RPTS BEING EXCESSIVELY TIRED ON ROUND TRIP FROM WEST COAST TO HAWAII.

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PLTS ANNOUNCED 'PREPARE FOR LNDG' ON DSCNT. THE 'FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN' WAS NOT ON. IT TOOK ABOUT 5 MINS OF CONFUSION IN MY HEAD BEFORE I COULD FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT TO CALL THE COCKPIT AND ASK THEM TO TURN THE SIGN ON. NOTHING WAS MAKING SENSE TO ME. DO I BREAK STERILE COCKPIT? IS THIS AN EMER? SHOULD I JUST PREPARE THE CABIN ANYWAY? WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHY ARE WE STILL SO HIGH? THIS WAS VERY SIMPLE BUT IT TOOK FOREVER FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AS I WAS TIRED AND CONFUSED. IF IT HAD BEEN AN EMER PREP TYPE SITUATION; I DONT BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACT ANY BETTER. I AM A LINE-HOLDER AND I KNOWINGLY PICKED THIS TRIP UP BY CHOICE ENSURING TO GET PLENTY OF SLEEP AND REST BEFORE THE DUTY PERIOD BEGAN. I ALSO CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A 'NIGHT PERSON' AND I PERFORMED VERY POORLY ON THE FLT HOME. OUR LOAD WAS NOT FULL IN EITHER DIRECTION BUT I ALSO OBSERVED THE REST OF THE CREW TO BE SLUGGISH AND NOT SHARP. I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY ME. THIS IS A CONCERN AS THE SAFETY ON BOARD WAS COMPROMISED DUE TO EVERYONE'S DULL WITTED AND SLOW DEMEANOR ON THE RETURN LEG HOME. I FLY ALL-NIGHTERS ROUTINELY BUT NEVER WITH A LONG CONTINUOUS DUTY DAY WITH NO REST IN BETWEEN LEGS OR AT SOME POINT DURING THE DUTY PERIOD SUCH AS INFLT. THIS TRIP SEQUENCE IS DANGEROUS TO THE COMPANY; THE PAX IT CARRIES AND TO THE SAFETY OF ITS OP FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: LESS REACTION TIME TO SPOT FIRES OR OTHER ONBOARD EMERS SUCH AS HEART ATTACKS; LESS VIGILANCE AND AWARENESS FOR POTENTIAL TERRORIST TYPE BEHAVIOR OR ACTIONS; LESS ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY HANDLE AN EVAC.