Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
Unfortunately, at my company, if one calls fatigue, pay is forfeited no matter the reason. Also, my boss' opinion is "you cannot know you will be fatigued in the future." So, that means I cannot say, "I'll get it back to the hub, but have a reservist ready." Instead, I must wait until a point in time and say "I am fatigued NOW." and screw my coworkers, my pax, and the mainline I serve.
I think your boss has an asinine way of thinking!
Imagine a crew getting ready to launch from a west coast city at 11PM flying the redeye to a midwest/east coast destination, landing around 5AM. Inevitably they're both running on less than a full night's sleep due to the fact that the schedule only allows for a nap before reporting for duty.
So scheduling has dispatch send them an ACARS shortly before pushback saying "you're going to do a quick BDL turn after you land in JFK. Duty time will be 12:00 and block time will be 7:00 total so you're good to go. Released at 1PM."
Any crewmember in that position would know right then and there, that they can accurately predict fatigue in the future. Their nap will get them through their redeye to the east coast but after the sun comes up they are not going to be alert enough to keep on going.
Yet your boss wants them to wait until they land at 5AM to call in fatigued!
This is the bizarre, nonsensical thinking in this line of work that I will never understand.
Common sense is apparently rare indeed!