suasdaguna - are they now? fancy that, what a coincidence between me asking about w working patterns and a notice on the company portal the other day, talking about that very thing...!
cavallier, thanks for that, just out of interest, when you do a w pattern, how long does your 'tour' tend to last?
i believe that my unnamed, green, short haul and transatlantic employer operates its airbus widebodies differently to most carriers - i understand that a lot of carriers who do oprate 'w's also crew their aeroplanes more heavily than we do. obviously this is beyond the scope of this topic but it's interesting to see how widespread w pattern are! it's also interesting to find out what the crews who operate them think about them - are they cr@p or do crews prefer a long away trip followed by a long home stay?