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Just responding to the 5 earlies is fatigueing claim, not heard any comment about 5 lates being fatigueing so seems a sensible idea. 5 earlies 4 days off, 5 lates 2 days off. Would this give a better recovery from 5 earlies? and a little bit of protection to ending late, 2 days off and starting early.
You have to consider that 5/2/5/4 = 136 days off a year. OK you getting done on your leave but there's plenty of shift workers out there who do 5/2 and plenty of Pilots who get 104 days off...