Next time you are in the EK clinic doing your medical ask the Doc when do they expect all these problems to surface given that EK have only been doing the Long Haul Flights for a couple of years?
The Remaining or should I say Resident Dr specializing in Fatigue
Dr A.H will tell you they expect it will be 10 years before all these chickens come back to roost.
The latest company Fleet Facts Newsletter for December spells it out very clearly for the Boeing Boys on the 200LR in case you missed this gem
Flight Ops has begun working to design, develop and obtain regulator approval for a new ULR operating plan that will allow flights in excess of the current SLR limit of 16 hours
Given that the present
FRMS Group ( Fatigue Risk Management System Committee )
is charged by the GCAA with the general oversight and management of the safety and fatigue issues
I am sceptical over this arrangement given the committee head and the company have commercial interests ruling the roost with lots of smoke and mirrors and noise saying else wise.
We have record number of guys rostering off sick
for the first time in EK History considerable yet un published numbers of crew clocking off for Fatigue.
How about some transparency and publish these figures instead of telling us that 4 crew were confirmed with Falciparum Malaria since jan 2004?
I will bet my left one that I have more chance of falling off the perch from Fatigue Related Issues complicated by ongoing rostering issues than being bitten by an angry Mosquito with Malaria in Africa.
I do not need a University Study or the company Fleet Newsletter to tell me what all of us Long Haul Pilots all ready know. Flying Further and Longer Hours Will Only shorten your life span.
But look on the bright side at least Emirates will be able to announce another record breaking profit year and you will be able proudly state that yes I have done my 900 hours flying for the year and my salary is still tied to the US $
Bugger...The UAE Central Bank governor has announced that the government will begin increasing its holding of euros from two per cent to 10 per cent
Read here if your interested