A320
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 9000; Flight Crew Type 300
Fatigue; Situational Awareness
Other Fatigue
General Work Refused
Human Factors; Company Policy
Current air carrier scheduling practices allow for trip sequences (pairings) to be constructed that may not be consistent with the Fatigue Risk Mitigation Plan (FRMP). A demanding pairing was competed. Fatigue was declared for a subsequent pairing. Through the generation of required air carrier internal reports for that declaration; I became aware of an inconsistency between the flight time/duty time regulations governing this pairing and our newly implemented Fatigue Risk Mitigation Plan (FRMP). This inconsistency has been reported to the airline; the Federal Aviation Administration; and the department of transportation.
An A320 Captain refused a trip because after flying a trip the subsequent trip was not constructed in accordance with the FAA Fatigue Risk Mitigation Plan (FRMP).