Frankly I am amazed that anyone would think of increasing the amount of flight/duty hours which we can do.
Depends.
On another thread is mentioned the number of hours VS crews operate on some of their long haul sectors.
Here it is...
MCO 1 night, UVF 2 night, JNB 2 night BGI 1 night. 63hrs Block
LAS 2 night, BGi 2 night, LAS 2 night, MCO 1 night LAS 2night. 75hr block
HAV 4 night, JNB 2 night, MCO 2 night, SFO 2 night .68hr block
Passengers demand cheaper tickets, airline shareholders demand profits.
Couple this with rising costs (and not just oil, either, the carbon trading sceme, increased landing and parking fees, increased taxes on air tickets, etc) it is simply necessary to
increase FD crew productivity.
Like it or not, the gravy train has left the FD crew plush bygone station.
Accept reality.
Either that, or find another job...one that might have bankers hours, for example.