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Old 28th Jun 2010, 10:36
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undervaluedATC
 
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HEATHROW DIRECTOR.... . However, the main incentive for me was the amazing amount of time off I had to spend with my wife and kids .....

This is so foreign a concept to me that it must be the reason people are headed overseas. Common roster practise is:
day one 1415-2300 [12hr break]
day two 1100-1900 [11 hr break]
day 3 morn 0600-1300 [10hr break] 2300 to 0600 day four
rest of day four - sleep - until 1600 when Asa can legally start asking you to come back and do overtime
day 5 - consider doing overtime
day 6 consider doing overtime
rinse/repeat....
[the other pattern ins 1200-2000, 0600-1400, 0600-1345 + 2330-0700]

I don't see my family for 4 days at a time... at least not when we are both awake
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