Nicely said Sandypalms.
Having done both twice as well I’d agree there are Pluses and minuses to both.
The BS goes both ways too. Plenty of SH pilots saying that LH is all time off in the bunk and days off.
They forget that nearly 90% of flying is at night, in the wrong time zone and it’s f&$# long tours of duty. You don’t always get a break when your ready to sleep either. When your ready for bed that’s usually wake up call.PER/LHR is close to 20 hour TOD all night.
The longest LH trips are ten consecutive days away which is a long time away from family. Often takes you 4 days to somewhat recover from the jetlag and then your back into it again often without having recovered. Hard to do with kids! Something that those in the street or the office forget.
More likely they avoid it by being in the office. With many retirements due in years to come people will soon get to where they want to be a lot quicker than they imagined. I’m Sick of the morons perpetuating us and them. It’s ruining all our collective futures.
Rather than Whinge on here join the Committee and try to make a difference.