Originally Posted by
satchip
If he's a tool, that is...
As a former Delta South who'd flown international over 50% of my career I'm used to the PF getting the choice of breaks. Now, flying with primarily fNWA FOs, you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get the landing FO to take the second break. Even with the emphasis Delta is placing on it I'm finding lots of resistance.
That said, and although I'm still trying to do it the Delta way, I see some advantages to the fNWA system of breaks (and not just because that give me the middle break - although that is a bonus!)
As opposed to someone waking up and coming off break at the tail end of a flight trying to quickly get his SA together, you have two individuals who are fully awake and in the loop for the last few hours doing the approach and landing. You also get longer break times because you don't need to the third break pilot up to the cockpit quite as early.