FEBA
ref island.. i got there first but your welcome to join
ref 8 vs 12.. in europe 12 hrs is outlawed already in most countries,max allowable 10,with 48 hours off per week rostered
the plus side is that shifts are recognised as unsocial hours and therefore youre employee will or will have to pay a premium for you to work on weekends and nights and most cases nights must be covered by 2 persons due to international security and safety regulations
the company that seeks high turnover thru cost re structuring are those same managers that in the 70's and 80's advocated low cost salaries (in the uk at least) and kept the 'job' on that footing
by avoiding the issue of qualification which in europe was already becoming a standard- those managers are srill around and most likely ex mov cons themselves
the 12 hour shift in my opinion reduces effieciency as the persons ability to maintain concentration falls away with work fatigue
ref the recent survey here on prune what was the concensus of 8 vs 12 in the work environment for controller/dispatchers/ops duty officers taken over the world
finally ref the licencing issue, if the licence was a dependant on 8 hour shifts but became obligatory for jar ops carriers with the salary fixed to this,no airline be it ba or fr will try to avoid this.. us carriers dont. one can only hope that the controllers/dispatchers of tomorrow will have clear job descriptions,duties,responsibilities
,good salaries for the skills and proper working hours
for the record i have done 12-10-8 hour shifts varied over 7-5-8
days and for 20 years lost a large part of my family growing up