I am ignorant here so please define one roster period. I can't believe it would be a month with only 8 days off, but then again I really have no idea about how things are in the middle east (I admit I haven't read many threads here). If a roster period is not a month then, what would be the typical number of days off a month or a typical pilot's schedule look like at Gulr Air? Do foreign pilots get enough time every month or every couple of months to travel home? I checked out the Gulf Air web site, but it didn't go into those details.