AN A320 CAPT DESCRIBES UNSAFE AND OVERLY FATIGUING FLT CREW SCHEDULING PRACTICES AT HIS ACR.

Date: 2006-10 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: ground

Anomalies: other-unsafe-flt-crew-schedules

Synopsis

AN A320 CAPT DESCRIBES UNSAFE AND OVERLY FATIGUING FLT CREW SCHEDULING PRACTICES AT HIS ACR.

Narrative

FATIGUE RPT: THE TRIPS THAT ACR IS BUILDING FOR PLTS ARE GETTING WORSE. I JUST FLEW THE WORST TRIP YET AND I AM FATIGUED. AFTER FLYING ALL NIGHT; ACR EXPECTS ME TO HAVE A LESS THAN MINIMUM LAYOVER AND FLY ANOTHER 5 HRS WITHIN A 24 HR PERIOD. UPON LNDG WE PROCEEDED TO THE HOTEL. AFTER GETTING TO AND RIDING THE PEOPLE MOVER AND ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL; I CALLED THE CREW DESK AND TOLD THEM WE WERE AT THE HOTEL AND WOULD NEED 9 HRS. CREW SCHEDULE WAS UNDERSTANDING AND I TOLD HER WE COULDN'T PUSH BACK UNTIL XA30. HERE IS HOW THE TRIP TURNED OUT. ON THE WAY TO LAS; I WAS REASSIGNED TO FLY THE NEXT MORNING TO DEN FROM LAS. I TRIED TO SLEEP THE BEST I COULD IN LAS. AFTER LNDG AND PARKED AT THE GATE I GRABBED MY BAGS AND THE TRIP FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO ME. AS I WAS WALKING TO MY DEADHEAD FLT; I ALMOST COLLAPSED FROM THE FATIGUE. MY CHEST HURT; MY EYES FELT HVY; MY BODY WEAK; AND I WAS SLIGHTLY DISORIENTED. I MADE IT TO MY FLT AND TRIED TO CLOSE MY EYES. I DID SLEEP A LITTLE AND AM STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP TONIGHT. MY NEXT TRIP IS IN 3 DAYS AND I AM NOT SURE I WILL BE READY TO FLY IT. WHEN IS THE FAA GOING TO STEP IN AND STOP ACR FROM BUILDING THESE UNSAFE TRIPS.

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