If you are too fatigued to fly safely - call in fatigued. I would call my CPO and give him a courtesy call explaining the situation.

If you think it is primarily driven by your schedule I would also submit an a FCR or possibly ASR depending on how strongly you feel about it. Keep in mind FCR is for non-safety related issues and ASR is for safety related issues, but it could be both a scheduling issue and a potential safety issue.

I wouldn't worry about making waves as I think many Pilots tend to agree with you that our coverage award process is far from optimal regarding providing adequate rest. Shoving 10-12 days of flying in 13-14 days while mixing red-eyes and early shows will be very fatiguing for most Pilots. Yet this is exactly what happens more or less in every category for the last half of December.

I realize that someone has to fly the holiday trips and it should be the junior guys, but if enough guys end up being fatigued perhaps our coverage process can be improved.

Scoop