how about this for an idea......
5/4, 5/4 roster pattern? Sounds nice. But how would it look on our rosters.
5/4 is nine days. So in a 30 day month it would be...
5/4 5/4 5/4 (27days) 3
next month..
2/4 5/4 5/4 5/1
So in month 1 I'll work 18 days. month 2 i'll work 17 days. My average working day in GLA is 5hrs. In winter we often do morning shifts of 2 sectors plus pointless AS. But I'll work on 5 hrs per duty. eg GLA - BHX x2 or GLA-SOU-FRA-SOU-GLa(closer to 6.5hrs)
Month one flying hours (assuming no standby) 18 x 5 = 90
Month one flying hours (assuming no standby) 17 x 5 = 85
Assuming 4 standbys per month(a generous estimate of my standbys over the last 12 months) thats..
Month 1 14 x 5 = 70
Month 2 13 x 5 = 65
so lets call it an average of 70 per month, assuming I lose a few standbys it would be a bit more. A working year is 10.5 months(six weeks for holiday). So thats 735 per year. I'm currently doing 745 per year, so thats no difference on flying hours for me.
What about days off? It looks like about 12 or 13 days of per month.
So if my maths are right(probably not, this seems to good to be true).
Thats a 5/4 pattern. 735hrs per year and a new total of 150 days off per year. An increase of 42 on the 108 principle.
Give me that and a 3% per year for three years and its a yes vote.
Rostering sorted, Off to eat cheese on toast and rest on my "back of envelope maths" laurels.