Much better and humanistic for us, insofar as a step toward recognizing human physiology and not having exhausted pilots at the switch. Not easier to understand or memorize though, but I'll learn to live with that.
As far as some of the malleable issues, well, one wonders how these came to be especially if you go to the original regulatory source.
In any case, the Company has historically seemed to consider "limitations" as guidelines or best-practices. A GCC destination turn-around after coming from Europe doesn't seem like a good idea for the Cabin Crew. Nor do Indian-destination turns. And explanations like "Emirates does it too!" doesn't provide a great explanation-- they shouldn't be a baseline either for practices.
