I did longhaul for 24 years. You can't practically, with a family, 'train' yourself in the days prior
Having done the same for much the same length of time I agree entirely.
Nicholas
FWIW a longhaul flight often crossing multiple time zones will often as not have a return sector 24 or 48 hours later. As a result even if you've somehow "trained" yourself for the outbound sector by resting/acclimatising your sleep pattern to fit in with report local time at base you almost certainly won't have time to "train" or acclimatise yourself for the return.
Ask anyone European based reporting for duty in the far east for a morning flight back home ( possibly around 0800 local departure, which could be around 0000 - 0200 european time) how they have slept the previous night or how they feel and the reply is normally: "
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Nevertheless the flight will no doubt be legal according to the regulator and the company so it must be ok....
