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Night turn before leave
I got the "experimental" freighter roster. They DID give the 5 day off block, but then squeezed in a night turn between the 5-days and my leave. Would it kill them to just think like HUMANS and give the 5-day block before leave?
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I got the "experimental" freighter roster. They DID give the 5 day off block, but then squeezed in a night turn between the 5-days and my leave. Would it kill them to just think like HUMANS and give the 5-day block before leave?
More recently in October when I was looking for swaps I noticed that every crew roster I saw with leave in it had zero days off before leave although I haven't seen any notification about that.
Buyer beware.
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180 hours
180 hours between a East and a West trip is the last improvement in the swapping system.
we can come back from a flight Eastbound on the morning of the 10th and leave for a looong flight to the West on the 13th at lunchtime.
BUT we will be forbidden to swap that looong flight with the very same flight on the 14th!!!
Of course as everyone knows three local nights make us acclimatised, no less. But anywhere between four and seven local nights aren't unable to provide for a real rest between two flights in two different directions.....
we can come back from a flight Eastbound on the morning of the 10th and leave for a looong flight to the West on the 13th at lunchtime.
BUT we will be forbidden to swap that looong flight with the very same flight on the 14th!!!
Of course as everyone knows three local nights make us acclimatised, no less. But anywhere between four and seven local nights aren't unable to provide for a real rest between two flights in two different directions.....
Last edited by maurondi; 25th Oct 2016 at 13:01.
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And guys, how long are we going to suffer this ridiculously-looking table for browsing "give-away" flights in the eswap pages ?
Instead of the mind-blowing mess which it currently is (done a couple of years ago by some illiterate colleagues on sick leave, helped by a couple of sub-continent technicians) we should have :
1st column : date(s)
2nd column : what is given away (and by destinations please, not by duty numbers (!#@!!$?!!)
3rd column : what would be nice to get instead (destinations again)
4th column : comments
5th column : roster
6th column : proceed
7th column : staff number
8th column : name
and the phone numbers will appear in any case when you start investigate the other pilot's roster.
Honestly, it would make life and swapping so easier.
Suggested a couple of times towards the involved individuals - considering their enthusiasm, resorted to pprune.
Instead of the mind-blowing mess which it currently is (done a couple of years ago by some illiterate colleagues on sick leave, helped by a couple of sub-continent technicians) we should have :
1st column : date(s)
2nd column : what is given away (and by destinations please, not by duty numbers (!#@!!$?!!)
3rd column : what would be nice to get instead (destinations again)
4th column : comments
5th column : roster
6th column : proceed
7th column : staff number
8th column : name
and the phone numbers will appear in any case when you start investigate the other pilot's roster.
Honestly, it would make life and swapping so easier.
Suggested a couple of times towards the involved individuals - considering their enthusiasm, resorted to pprune.
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180 hours between a East and a West trip is the last improvement in the swapping system.
we can come back from a flight Eastbound on the morning of the 10th and leave for a looong flight to the West on the 13th at lunchtime.
BUT we will be forbidden to swap that looong flight with the very same flight on the 14th!!!
Of course as everyone knows three local nights make us acclimatised, no less. But anywhere between four and seven local nights aren't unable to provide for a real rest between two flights in two different directions.....
we can come back from a flight Eastbound on the morning of the 10th and leave for a looong flight to the West on the 13th at lunchtime.
BUT we will be forbidden to swap that looong flight with the very same flight on the 14th!!!
Of course as everyone knows three local nights make us acclimatised, no less. But anywhere between four and seven local nights aren't unable to provide for a real rest between two flights in two different directions.....
does this mean that two East-West) layovers can't be swapped anywhere closer than 7.5 DAYS?? even if they were already closer than that??
you must be mistaken. I hope.
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I guess a lot of people have reached their 900 hours...and need a breather
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Finally an apology from the Castle. If they knew there was a problem on the 23rd why not advise us then? On the positive side maybe, just maybe, someone has listened to our feedback and is not treating us with the general contempt of the majority. Time will tell.
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Time hasn't told us anything in nearly a decade. Well actually I may be wrong. Time has told us over and over that nothing gets better or changes positively.
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