I heard the ICN and PVG flights have increased to 3 pilots now.
The ONE and ONLY thing that has caused these changes is the filing of Fatigue Related ASR's.
TCAS just posted a few ASR's on the Weekly Update and we all should question why. Obviously his contention that the company had not previously responded to Fatigue ASR's in a proper manner, is just smoke and mirrors since he took great pleasure in picking apart the ASR's. IMHO, he is subtly attempting to intimidate pilots from filing Fatigue ASR's.
It seems the GCAA has finally taken notice of the Fatigue issue at EK and the company is desparate to decrease the number of Fatigue ASR's. Unfortunately, the company is not focusing on decreasing Fatigue, just the reporting of it via ASR's.
It was only a few months back when TCAS, ED and MM stated that the company did not consider Fatigue an issue. Now when they have apparently been questioned by the GCAA, they don't decide to fix the problem, but rather 'hide' it.
If you believe Fatigue is an issue at EK, then you should file ASR's and also book off SKF when you experience symptoms. It is your professional responsibility and besides, nothing will change if you don't. That is a proven fact. I think Fatigue, crazy rostering and an over reliance on the FRMS is the single biggest problem at Emirates.