Excessive time
Sure it would be nice to have shorter legs but it would depend on what’s available at enroute stops and schedule (destination) changes.
To reference CargoMatatu's post: Of course pre-planning for the next turn can be done. On a long leg It doesn’t take much time to get that done, and for the 1 hour walk around I don't recall seeing that in any loadmasters duties for any company although I'm may not be familiar with the company he works for.
Let's face it every loadmaster would like shorter legs or ground station duty but it may not be financially prudent for the company. If the costs are cheaper for hiring people at stations or the need to have additional loadmasters due to crew duty time llimitations then loadmasters may become to expensive. I agree there must be a line between excessive time/fatigue issues and performing loadmaster job functions. In my opinion the schedule referenced above does not cross the excessive time/fatigue issue line. Safety is of course the top issue and should never be compromised.
and WhaleDriver is correct alot of loadmasters do get tons of sleep inflight...It may not be undistirbed sleep like in your hotel but after each trip if the loadmaster gets off the aircraft and goes to the hotel then he would have off the time it takes the next fligth to run. I don't think thats a bad work schedule.
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