Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Time Pressure
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors
Assigned an additional day at the end of my 4 day pairing. This was after very short layovers with days approaching maximum FAR flying time. Pairing had layovers in ZZZ1; ZZZ2 and ZZZ3; touching ZZZ every day. Upon arrival in ZZZ from ZZZ3 I realized that I would violate (airline's) policy of not knowingly flying fatigued if I continued to ZZZ1. This was cumulative fatigue with at least two contributing factors; arriving at the ZZZ3 hotel at XA00 and being unable to procure food form the hotel or local businesses due to COVID closures; long days and short nights with multiple mid-continent flights. In the morning at ZZZ3 we realized the airplane was through catered and a snack pack was our only nutritional option.My attention as PM [during] the flight was not up to my normal standards. Then as PM in the terminal area in ZZZ I missed the dog leg to final radio call from approach and had to be called again to receive approach clearance.Stop building reserve pairings that could not be built as a normal pairing. Reserve pilots deserve the same consideration for rest and fatigue that are afforded to line holders. These are strange time with COVID; but hotels should still be able to provide meals for crew.
Air Carrier Captain reported fatigue issues while flying as a reserve pilot for a 4 day pairing during the COVID-19 pandemic.