The thing is, when Plank writes 102 hours a month, only pilots who have done it, month in month out, and in similar rostering circumstances can understand. If you haven't done 'rotating shift work airline flying' then you can only try to imagine how it feels, you can't actually imagine it. The closest thing I can relate it to is having a new born baby in the house ( and being the one who looks after it).
Fair point. Has any official, unbiased research into such a working schedule and its effects been undertaken?