UAREAPIG
What planet did you just come in from? 4-day layovers at home to see mom and the kids? Since joining this esteemed outfit, I have had a sum total of three layovers "near" my family, none being of a 4 day duration. Meanwhile, every time a local comes home to SIN, he is "home". And for more than 2 days every month. Fair has nothing to do with it.
Your comment regarding ex-pat captains helping the "progression" of FOs? What exactly do you mean? The aircraft we fly is a B-744F, NOT a T-744F. And we just don't fly in the local training airspace.
And finally regarding sectors, on my trips, I start out and then alternate every other leg with the FO. That is as long as the guy next to me knows what the f--k he's doing and can fly basic airplane. I wasn't hired to be an instructor. That's SIA's job.
How are things done in "wonderful India"?
PQ