Originally Posted by
UALinIAH
Sounds fatiguing as hell. I can't imagine showing up for a flt to HKG/SYD/PEK etc that departs at midnight and not knowing whether to be a little tired and prepared for first break or to have napped knowing I was going on second break. But to each their own.
And UA IROs go in the sim every three months or so to get the equivalent of a no-threat PC. I think our system works quite well in keeping pilots 'current' and qualified.