As I said, 'well done for sticking to their convictions', unlike the AOA.
Was not accusing anyone of being lazy, junior or otherwise and I would certainly not desire to deal with the 'great unwashed' for a single minute and wholeheartedly respect the job they have to do but a 10 hour sector to MXP requiring 48 hours off to mitigate the jet lag?
I do many NA flight's with 4 HK based crew, utilising common sense rest for my crew and we still all feel like **** on the way back to HK after our 24 hours off. Maybe we should be pushing for an extra day off when no based pilot's are on the FD? Maybe they will give back the balance of the 13th month they thieved?
Bottom line is that they have historically achieved and maintained longer layover patterns than us because the company respects the unity of the FAU and they have absolutely no respect for us and get away with whatever they want.
Good luck to them!