Originally Posted by
GS-Alpha
I mean trip two days off followed by trip two days off, and repeat with FA should you try and create a block of days off so you can recover. If you were given such a string of work in the past, you could at least swap a trip to a back to back, giving you 4 days off afterwards for decent recovery (not ideal, but considerably less fatiguing than 2 days off continuously).
EASA FTL doesn't like back to back trips especially at home base as it forces the operator to give crews hotel accommodation (if my memory serves me right). This might be OK at BA but at other UK AOC's it's frowned upon especially as Mr Tax man see's it as a taxable benefit. The other issue which I know from experience is those crews that live close to base often seem happy with such rosters whereas those using the C word don't....