http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxJf...eature=related
The NTSB guy said the Scheduling Rosters were the same from 3 decades ago....
Kind of sounds like our rosters? Same roster patterns more or less for the last 30 years even though the traffic levels are exponentially higher than they were back then and the traffic has a higher level of complexity than back then too.
Our job is stressful and fatigue inducing with long hours. We need more staff to give us breaks when they are needed. Sitting In for 2+ hours is the norm in Shannon and it has gotten to the stage where controllers feel bad when taking a break after only 1 hour in postion even if they have been working high volumes of traffic or a lot of complex traffic. Our attitudes to fatigue needs to change or there will be a serious accident sooner rather than later.