No Aircraft
Flight Attendant Total 22
Fatigue
No Specific Anomaly Occurred Unwanted Situation
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Human Factors
Never called [in] fatigue in my over 20 years with the company until now; but schedulers are pushing (we) reserve flight attendants to the limit since we are short staffed. It is unsafe for us to have 14 hour days or even more; with 4; 5; 6 legs a day during many consecutive days. We are not able to have a good rest; since all hotels are crowded and loud; in most places we stay at. On my 5th consecutive day flying; I experienced exhaustion due to the heavy schedules; heat; and lack of rest. I requested the schedulers a different flight; if possible; since they wanted me to fly for another 14 hour day period. They denied my request; saying that all schedules were over the same 14 hour on duty time or even more due to delays because of the short staffing. I told them it was unsafe for me to fly with the symptoms I was experiencing and asked to be removed. It took me literally more than 24 hours to get some recovery after what I experienced.Overworked flight attendants make our job unsafe. Just because [it] is legal in paper does not make right to be flying and perform our duties SAFELY or in an accurate manner.
Flight Attendant reported calling in fatigued due to scheduling and physiological issues. Reporter stated that reserve flight attendants were being overworked due to short staffing issues.