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Old 18th Dec 2012, 18:24
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Craggenmore
 
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The original poster is crying for help!
He is not the only one, in my base about 15% of the skippers, mostly guys in their late forties with 20+ years in aviation, are desperate for a part time as they can't handle a full time anymore.
A couple of them are close to a nervous breakdown, the company knows this but refuses the part time contracts. They are even told by the base captain that if they can't handle a fulltime they should be looking for another job!
With the rise of LCC's into serious and hard-working multi base outfits, you could argue that EasyJet and Ryanair have only been around for about 10 years.

Therefore no long-term study exists for this type of aviation work whereas longhaul and legacy carriers are a very well know quantity from the 50's onwards.

Perhaps we are now starting to see the results and effects of this type of fast paced, multi-sector quality of life?

How many EasyJet posters on this thread have actually done 6-10 sector months with 4-6 days off between each trip? It's a huge difference in quality of life and wholly sustainable.

Good luck to the OP.
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