Thanks Guys for the replies, it's much appreciated info.
Shaka, I was under the impression that people can 'bid' for 'types' of rosters e.g. 'Max time away', 'Min. time away' etc., similar to what we had in Emirates. I was just wondering what the range of options were that were available. Is this not the case any more?
To be brutally honest I spent as much of the weekend as I could trawling through the T&E threads but I still had unanswered questions. And time isn't endless when one has things to do with the family on a precious Bank Holiday weekend. I just wanted answers those questions, instead of wasting hours trawling through threads dating back to 2007.
Once again, thanks very much everybody.