Wiggy,
Why bother. WW is no more a manager that Ghengis Khan was a member of the peace corps.
All he's doing is regurgitating all of the lines that were used on the Cabin Crew forum to shoot down his ill thought out ramblings during the CC dispute which, of course, in WW world they won an outstanding victory. It just goes to show his percieved viewpoint.
Those who actually understand the EASA principles and are aware that they are 'broad brushing' thus encompassing better and worse conditions also understand that even EASA have admitted that they have no basis in scientific fact and need re-working. EASA was pushed to a deadline and, as with all ill informed, un-elected, eurocratic organisations, just pushed whatever they had on Powerpoint out of the door.
For those of us working in companies where safety is crucial and critical there are schemes in place to ensure compliance with scientifically proven fatigue management systems. WW wants to peddle these as being as useless as the BASSA 'gentlemens agreements' were during the CC dispute, the only fly in his imaginary managers ointment is that the scheme is written into the pilots ratified MOA and also monitored and approved by the CAA.
By pushing for scientific clarification of the EASA regulations, hopefully, we will be able to achieve a good standard to which we have been operating for years for the those of the European piloting community who have not benefitted from such protections.
Those of us who work the frontline, encountering adverse weather again and again around the globe after hours of flying covering a multitude of timezones and irregular sleep patterns know the inherent risks involved in our job and the associated responsibilities that go with it. Parasite managers who claim they 'know better' are generally the first ones out of the door when cost cutting is required. 400 managers out at BA? No-one, but no-one even noticed. Q.E.D.
Whilst it is a good discussion to have, don't feed the troll.