Homesick
You are talking of the good old days and I am reporting how I find things now!
The new regs were only adopted (foisted on the company by the QAA?) recently. They prevent some of the old abuses and make life a little easier.
As for days off! 8 days is the norm and a way is always found to roster you even if there is no work for you to do. I have several times requested 4 or 5 days off in a block and the request has always been granted.
Minimum turnarounds are now the exception rather than the rule but they do still happen, sometimes used as a mechanism to help facilitate a request.
