Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Communication Breakdown; Fatigue
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy
The flight attendants working this flight were called in last minute for an airport alert assignment. I and another crew member had only had just over 10 hours of crew rest before notification (less than 5 minutes over). We had worked trips earlier in the day or had not been prepared to work straight over night. While operating this flight and the next one; because we were assigned a turn; all 4 crew members were exhausted. We do not have fatigue in our contract; so we cannot use it for fear of losing our jobs. However; if we were not in fear of losing our jobs; we would have called out fatigue. The scheduling of this trip was legal; however; by the end of the assignment; we had been up for 27+ hours. This was not a safe operation. I notified crew scheduling that I did not feel safe operating this pairing; and they kept us working it. When we were released to crew rest around XA:00 the previous day; we could not have been expected to have slept during our crew rest. We were not called until around XJ:53. If we were to have an emergency situation; I do not feel we could have effectively completed any safety responsibilities.
The flight attendants were legal to operate the late assignment but felt that they were severely fatigued; which could have impacted their effectiveness if an emergency situation arose.