I’m posting this to see if others are as concerned as I am about the new way AM Standbys are being assigned at the Purple Planet. Specifically, it seems AM-Standby crews have had their rest opportunities severely slashed, which results in a tremendous increase in fatigue. As most A-Reserve crewmembers know, it was common practice in the past to get an AM-Standby notification 10 or so hours in advance. Countless thousands of professional crewmembers who were assigned one of these Standbys would come in early to get a sleep-room by 9 or 10pm, some even earlier, to get four or so hours of sleep prior to the beginning of their Standby period. This opportunity for some pre-Standby rest is now gone, since all Standbys are now assigned after midnight.Several F/Os have told me of the extreme increase in fatigue this new assignment process has caused them. Recently, I got my first taste of it myself. I was called in for a Standby at 12:15am. I got to a sleep room at 1:45am. After a very short rest, the phone rang for a 3am show to fly to city #1. After getting to AOC, another phone call – Ooops, never mind the trip to city #1, we now want you go to city #2 with a 4am show. Pushed at 5am for an O&B. After landing at city #2, we were put on a GOC hold for a possible trip to city #3. Fortunately, the third leg did not materialize, but gosh were we fatigued when we eventually got back to the planet. For the company to take away our ability to get some pre-Standby rest in the sleep-room just seems like the wrong direction for us to go in right now. We’ve had three recent FCIFs telling us to show up “rested.” Those words seem really hollow in view of what’s been done to the AM-Standby crews. I’m not on the MD, but really feel for those MD folks who are stuck in this situation. I can’t imagine getting called for a Standby on the MD at 12:15, getting to AOC at 1:15am, then at 3am getting sent to NRT, CDG, VCP, etc.!! Yikes, what a fatigue-related waiting to happen! Hope I’m wrong of course – as we all know, we don’t need anymore s. Best wishes for everyone to keep things safe out there!