Originally Posted by
Superpilot
So out of the happy orange brigade pilots who honestly can see another 20-30 years flying 4 sector days?
In winter I hardly ever do 4 sector days, and when I do, they're not exactly brutal.
In December I've got a double GVA and that's it. I didn't have any 4 sector days in November, and only one in October.
In summer, the days that are 4-sector can be a killer, but again theres usually only 2 of those a block I find. And when we get Preferential Bidding early next year we can choose, to some extent, what we would prefer to do or not.
Summer is busy yeah, but if you need to, you call in fatigued. Not once have I ever had that questioned by management, I have total confidence in doing so. If it's a silly block of duties then I just won't do it, and I'm not worried that I'll have to justify it. I think they realise having to take one or two days off from time to time is better for the company than dragging yourself through and going long-term sick for 4 months with chronic fatigue.