What do think is more effective, and proper, in communicating fatigue? A safety report saying you were almost fatigued or an actual (this is not a test) fatigue call. I'd rather not put airplanes at risk because crewmembers decide to hack it. Filing an FSR afterwards is helpful but is almost like telling on yourself. It puts you at risk! Make the call early and avoid the FSR.

The union communicates with the company every month on fatigue issues. How far has that gotten us as we've been optimized? I doubt FSRs will be any more successful than our disputed pairing system. Making the difficult to make fatigue call might be the only way to stay safe.