It's a 24 hour operation. Flights depart at all times of the clock. Longest duty is around a 14 hour day leaving Dubai around 9am for the Russia and East Europe flights. Shortest duty would be a Muscat or Doha rt, which would be a 4 hour 30 min duty which could leave at 1pm or 1am. The worst duty for some is the 8pm report to fly to Columbo and back to Dubai after 8am. 70% of the report times are very late PM or early AM reports. Most of the midday reports are used for training, but training also takes place on the night reports as well. It works for some, others hate it and having a family doesn't seem to be a make or break factor with liking the company.