B737-700 CAPTAIN REPORTS FLIGHT ASSIGNMENT UNSAFE DUE TO UNREALISTIC SCHEDULED FLT TIME ON FIRST LEG COMBINED WITH FATIGUE DUE TO ALTERNATING LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING STARTS TO DUTY DAYS.

2008-03 · NASA ASRS report 780584

Date: 2008-03

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

B737-700 CAPTAIN REPORTS FLIGHT ASSIGNMENT UNSAFE DUE TO UNREALISTIC SCHEDULED FLT TIME ON FIRST LEG COMBINED WITH FATIGUE DUE TO ALTERNATING LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING STARTS TO DUTY DAYS.

Narrative

TRIP PAIRING 1234 ZZZ1-ZZZ2 IS AN UNSAFE PAIRING. THE PROB I HAVE WITH THIS PAIRING IS THAT IT APPEARS THAT THIS PAIRING DOESN'T REALISTICALLY REFLECT AN ACCURATE BLOCK TIME ON FLT ZZZ1-ZZZ2. AFTER COMPLETING THE FLT; OUR ACTUAL BLOCK TIME WAS 6 HRS 40 MINS. TO COMPOUND PROBS; RATHER THAN ENDING THE DAY'S WORK IN ZZZ2; IT CONTINUES ON TO ZZZ3. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW FATIGUED I WAS UNTIL I WAS ON APCH INTO ZZZ3. HAD I KNOWN IN ADVANCED I WOULD HAVE ARRIVED ZZZ3 AS FATIGUED AS I DID; I WOULD HAVE NEVER DEPARTED FROM ZZZ2 DUE TO CREW FATIGUE. THE PAIRING NEEDS TO REFLECT A MORE ACCURATE BLOCK TIME ON FLT ZZZ1-ZZZ2. ALSO; AFTER ARRIVING ZZZ2; THE CREW SHOULD GO INTO CREW REST RATHER THAN CONTINUE ON TO ZZZ3. IT IS VERY HARD ON BODY RHYTHMS AND CLOCKS FLYING AN ALL-NIGHTER ON THE FIRST DAY OF DUTY; ONLY TO BE FORCED TO SWITCH MY BODY'S CLOCK TO AN EARLY MORNING DEP THE FOLLOWING MORNING. WHEN BUILDING PAIRINGS; THE COMPANY NEEDS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BODY RHYTHMS AND SLEEP PATTERNS. FATIGUE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATELY BUILT PAIRING.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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