Just this once, I don't think Nats Mis-Management can be blamed.
God, that hurt!!!

I believe that , subject to my ( limited ) understanding of EUROPEAN Employment Legislation, anyone in the EU is entitled to opt for part-time working.

Another fine reason joining the EU!

This has inevitably led to people cherry-picking the duties they want to work and stuffing the rest of us.

Many now have worked, or are rapidly reaching, the total number of night duties to be worked in ONE YEAR - problem is that we've only been at NERC for 8 MONTHS.

These people are now perfectly entitled to tell the ORO not to roster them for nights.

Expect more nighttime sector closures.

HD and A2;

Thanks for the explanations. That makes it clearer for me. I have always had a hard time trying to follow your schedules even though a couple of you have tried in vain to get it across to me <G>... They are much different than ours as is your working regs...

regards