Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
I've worked shift work all my life. Rostered minimum 48 hrs in 4 days, usually more like 53-55, often 60 in five days, then 3 off, rinse and repeat. Days and nights. My Brother in law works 96 hrs in 8 days - 8 on 8 off. No sleeps on shift. Alert and working the whole time. How do you think a shift, 2 days off, a shift, 2 days off, a shift, 1 day off, a shift, then you're done for a couple of weeks sounds like to him?
I don’t envy your brother in law, but that doesn’t make my patterns any easier either.
In 20yrs of both short haul and long haul flying I’ve never felt so shattered than doing back to back BNE/LAX/JFK return patterns. Slag away all you will, but if you haven’t done them you can’t know how bad you feel after doing them back to back. My current record is 15 in a row - and that’s nothing compared to some.