My guess is that because of fleet changes a lot of sub- continent flights got shoved onto the AB fleet and the only way it could be crewed was by attacking strings of days off. It may not have been a sinister act at all, however I could be wrong.
I have been on 777 reserve and have done nothing so far this month and have just been offered additional leave early march. ? .
Lets not get into another ***ing DEC argument FUBAAR, we are all here doing a locals job until they can train enough to get rid of us. I agree that trainers should be doing the training though. Apart from that it makes perfect sense to match a new pilot with an old hand, I certainly appreciated it as a new F/O and also as a new Captain.