At a washup a few months back it was mentioned that EK is considering a semi dedicated staff of pilots for only freighter ops. You would fly nothing but freighter trips for a month or two and then go back to regular pax flying… and it would rotate something akin to the rotation of roster groups we have.
Evidently the disruption of of rostering has become worse with the freighter schedules and all the cancellations and subsequent AD days.
Interesting concept….
K