There has been a lot of discussion hear with the phrase 5/2/5/4 being quoted without any explanation of what it means and some of the posts, such as exhausted's:-
"I'd hazard a guess that whoever is involved in the negotiations for you guys will make sure that you are regularly rostered to work as close to 23:59 before a day off and as early as possible to 06:00 after a day off."
indicate that the pattern of 5/2/5/4 is not known outside of easy.
Now, I don't work for easy but the pattern was described to me as follows:-
First 5 days are earlies, followed by 2 days off, then 5 days of lates, followed by 4 days off, then back to 5 of earlies....
Therefore, if this is correct, exhausted's comment would not apply.
If I have got this totally wrong then would any easy pilot please correct me and accept my apology.