So, am I correct in thinking that this is a 40% increase in the crew/task ratio? If not, what is the task/crewing effect in real terms? It makes me laugh to remember the old crewing ratios and the total disregard of unit/individual work levels by Group. No effort ever made to manage crew workload until we had crews maxed-out on flying hours. The cure? "You are to avoid crews reaching GASO max flying hours by very careful manipulation of individuals tasking to keep as many crews as necessary at just below the rolling maximum- to avoid wasteful rest periods"
Effect? Many crew constantly bubbling just-under the max hours limits but none allowed to trip over into the mandatory rest period. Remember, Leave could be banned/denied but, mandatory rest could not be!
OAP