Flying Fiona and others,
One of the biggest wins was the huge reduction in duty hours, now down to 1880 and significantly better than the previous under Cap 371.
Obviously, if 4 on 4 off was available we would have got it, because we certainly tried to get it. We believe, that it will become available in time but easyJet currently have a minimum days off policy to cover rostering and crewing stuff ups and they need to have as many available days as possible.
Most pilots I talk to, believe the 5/2/5/4 is less fatiguing, as it should be bearing in mind it had to be modelled with scientific evidence in order for the CAA to agree the alleviation in the first place.
Life at easyJet will always be fatiguing as the days are long and they try to squeeze as much out of the pilots as possible but this system does produce more days off and the 6/3 was unworkable even in the short term. Needless to say, easyJet management had to be dragged to the table kicking and screaming, but now have disciovered they can save money as well with less crew, so are smiling again...............!!!!
