Originally Posted by
myrkridia
I haven't done any of these 23:59 SC periods but it seems to me I wouldn't be able to sleep when I'm on a ~2 hour leash anyway. So unless we are off the hook for further SC once there's an 0800 report on my schedule, I'm not going to be able to get any rest, nor should I be expected to, since I'm still on SC. The 2359 periods are an experiment that will only work if we collectively bend over backwards to get rest while not in rest.
I did one and it was awful. Worst night of sleep in quite a while. Luckily I didn't get used, but all night I was tossing and turning and worried maybe I missed a call, etc. The only upside was once 0900 rolls around you have the rest of the day off...but you need it because of the SC you just did!
It's honestly one of the reasons I think twice about bidding for RSV. The solution is to YS any other SC, and then some other poor pilot ends up doing it, but maybe it doesn't bother them so it works out?