FO COMPLAINT ABOUT HAVING AN ACI SCHEDULED WITH FLT CREW FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ROUTE CHECKING.

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DURING A ROUTINE FLT THE CREW WAS INFORMED; BEFORE THE FLT BEGAN BY AN ACR INSPECTOR; THAT HE WAS GOING TO ACCOMPANY THEM FOR THE ENTIRE 4 DAYS OF THE FLT. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SITUATION CAUSING UNDUE STRESS ON THE CREW. THIS STRESS RESULTED IN THE ONSET OF FATIGUE AND COULD HAVE BECOME AN UNSAFE OPERATION. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE FLT CREW THE INSPECTOR AGREED TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE FLT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE THIRD DAY AND THE PAIRING WAS CONTINUED IN A NORMAL AND SAFE MANNER. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS WAS AN ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACR INSPECTOR RIDE WITH A LINE CREW FOR THEIR ENTIRE PAIRING UNLESS SOME PROB EXISTED BEFOREHAND. THE FIRST INKLING THE CREW HAD THAT SOMETHING ABNORMAL WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR WAS 30 MINS PRIOR TO FIRST DEP. THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT. EVEN IF THE CREW KNEW MANY DAYS BEFOREHAND; THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT. SINCE THIS IS NOT A COMMON PRACTICE IN THE INDUSTRY AND SINCE I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THE AMOUNT OF STRESS; I SUGGEST THAT IT NEVER BE DONE AGAIN. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD BE MORE STRESSFUL THEN 4 DAYS OF AN ACR INSPECTOR ARMED WITH PEN AND RPT WOULD BE 4 DAYS OF A TERRORIST WITH A GUN TO MY HEAD. THE INSPECTOR WAS NOT PERSONALLY A PROB; IT WAS THE FACT OF HIS PRESENCE FOR MORE THAN THE NORMAL CHK RIDE.