Rostering..still the same, not much has changed since Lion started operations. only from 6days straight flying to 4 days away maybe increase to 5 or 6 days in peak season with 1 day off. you could land at late late night 11pm, home by 12:30am next day on day off. day after you could start flying at 5am, reporting to office is 1hr30mins before.
The thing is Commercial department control everything..not scheduling.. if a route lacks the required amount of pax it is cancelled vice versa. so last minute changes. most changes can change in the early hours of the morning when you are sleep. so your early morning flt can be cancelled, reschedule to late in the day or move to early times. my friends had scheduling call him at 1-2am about the changes or you outbase flying sudden you get a new revise by sms, telling you that you are reroute to another destination...it feels that you are corporate pilot not a airline pilot. with less pay..
All this problems not even Chief pilots can help. they dont have not much control over scheduling.. they just monitor the pilots and minor trouble shoot scheduling. they just smile.. and reply "you know..its lion"
Well not many expat FO left. only a handful.. most are waiting for upgrade. its a waiting game. Local can only accept it, because local FO are tired to 20yr contract, if they leave..they need to pay over 100K USD. But the capt are leaving, the faithful ones move to the A330 (3xA330 this year will arrive)
unfaithful and angry ones leave to other companies.
The new local captains are from Garuda long serving jet FOs, the turboprop captains from other companies etc.
LIon is a company for single young guys.. easy to exploit (like a sex slave).. the age recruitment for groundstaff and cabincrew is 18-25yrs. beyond that you are too expensive (meaning you are want more money) and OLD..
the Good captains in this company, hard working and not crazy. have had have heart bypass, few heart attack and sadly few have died.