So, are all those wingers in BNE happy now?
Chatted to a mate who's got both a 6 and 7 day pattern next month involving the 103/146 pattern, and although he'd prefer shorter patterns, he's adamant that the new longer patterns are safer, rather than personally convenient.
It's interesting that someone is happy to work more days just to stay safe.
Should give you an indication as to how unsafe the previous 2 sector night pattern actually was, if guys are happy to effectivly give up a day off and work, just to be able to fly safe.
Makes you wonder how the company justified changing it originally.
Not sure whether it was a company or AOA sponsored fatigue study on the guys sleep/activity study that prompted the change, I doubt it was done as a token of goodwill in the current environment.