Direct halifax- I've no insider knowledge or hidden agenda I'm afraid. Just interested in peoples views.
As far as the ORO is concerned I do believe that shift logic was designed to work with individual rosters as opposed to a watch system. That would certainly account for some of the problems that we encounter.
As for working in teams. I think airlines faced a similar problem rostering crews together who have never even met each other.
You need very good team resource training and equally good SOP's.
How about bidding for work as in BA, fancy that anyone?