Crewing is and always will be the one department that everyone now complains about you cannot win. Here we have a policy as part of crew training they spend 5 days in Ops and 5 days in crewing before they are released to line and all Ops/crewing staff must do at least 6 sectors a year to see the big picture. This policy works a treat.
My only criticism that I hate is the ""I will be fatigued to do that I live a three hour’s drive away from my base can I have a taxi or a hotel.....some guy has gone to prison for driving without sleep don`t ya know"" Hmmmmmm move house then.

I'm a travel agent, yes madam (Purser) where would you like to go today??? HKG, CDG, SYD, JNB.. .Oh you don't fancy working today !!! Take the day then.