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...when there is a busy eastbound flow through the night,is it not better for everybody concerned to have staff as well rested as can be before dealing with this workload,precisely at the time when the body feels least like doing it.
I just don't see why ATCOs or anyone else should be getting paid for sleeping at home. Shiftworking ATCOs in NATS get paid an allowance as compensation. It's their responsibility to be adequately rested before going to work.
and of course what you won't realise is that staff on N's make great efforts to attend even when on occasions not feeling at their best,because you know that there is nobody else to call on and you don't want to stuff your colleagues.
If someones not fit for work they shouldn't be there. Controlling air traffic when unfit to do so risks lives.
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If I'm wrong about the numbers rostered to be on then publish the correct numbers. While your at it you could include the numbers who don't do a full shift at their workplace on an average night.