BANANAS
Gp's, Surgeons, AME's and the like will now have to undergo a form of 'base-check' in the future.
This has come about due to the antics of Dr. Harold Shipman.
To give me two-pence for the thread;
I was brought up by a long-haul family. My Dad was away from home for half of the year. My parents then divorced when I was eight - my Dad was an alcoholic and my mum had an affair. My Dad remarried about ten years later but that was on the rocks four years later. After 25 years of long haul he eventually took his own life ten years ago. (Sorry for all the numbers!)
Other 'long-haul' family friends I have known have had their marriages end in divorce, separation or had an affair somewhere along the way. If that hasn't happened, they have been completely put off flying - complain about constantly living out of a suitcase, large time differences, back-to-back flights and so on.
I'm sure, as Capt. Airclues points out, there are many examples of where this isn't the case, but a lot of people I meet who think that long-haul is a bed of roses are sadly mistaken, and are in need of education regarding the life you lead as long haul crew.