Originally Posted by
Odins Raven
As has been stated 900 hours multi-sector LoCo can make you physically tired but it is repetitive and routine therefore easier to manage mentally.
EK is far from routine and repetitive but taking off at 3am every time and landing 12 hours out of time zone takes it's toll very quickly.
But when as an expat, you have absolutely no control over your life and what happens to you or your family this can have a huge effect psychologically - multiplying the effects of job-induced fatigue. This of course is not a big factor in you LoCo where you have protection from EU work rules and are probably living in your home country or one that's culturally similar.
Unless ones LoCo is Middle East based. Then the only difference would be the lack of timezones and factored hours. The rest is just same same...