Accident a quick question for you: would you say that your roster is a recipe for a disaster waiting to happen?
Yes possibly, as I am not the only one feeling the pressure. Even the younger F/Os are pretty tired at the end of a 10 hour duty day.
Have you ever experienced some sort of "excessive fatigue" due to this type of roster?
Yes
fatigue! I don't know how to qualify "excessive" from real or ordinary fatigue.
Have you ever underperformed because of this roster?
Yes, most definitely.
Is, in your experience, safety directly affected by this type of roster?
Yes potentially. But only after an accident will we know for sure just how much of the "pilot error" may have been caused by excessive but
LEGAL duty/flying hours!
The situation is well known in the company. By far I am not alone even if nobody else is posting here right now. The company are trying to address the issue of crew numbers, but I regularly get a roster showing 85-95 hours flying/28days.
Very legal - very stupid!