MAA
Kenai,
Yes they would be less hazardous if they were layovers!! That's the point! If you were assigned one or two a month it would not be as big a deal. However, when you routinely put 4-9 of these turnaround flights a month or are alternating them between day and night duties it becomes very hazardous. Why EK appears to have an issue with just making 1 month all night turns so pilots can at least keep their body clock semi in sync alludes me. They seem to spend ALL of their limited fatigue research on ULR flying. I would much rather have a month packed with ULRs then MAA CCJ BLR night turns. MAA should be an overnight but augmented is a step in the right direction, which does make it a surprise move by EK. But Plz ask the Don.
Last edited by 120feet; 13th Sep 2014 at 21:00.