Originally Posted by Rama
Fatigue is an everpresent commodity flying long-haul freight.
Being tired at work isn't just for Freighter Pilots anymore!
My company's operation allows 16 hour flight times which translate into about 18 hour duty days. Of course that IS double augmented, but I think we all know the quality of rest on the jet.
My last 6 day trip was four legs, with the only three sleep opportunities, and a 19 hour time zone change everytime I released the brakes. I'm not crying "poor me", but just echoing Rama in that fatigue is a huge problem in any international operation. If it was so bad, I'd go fly domestic, although I think that's even worse (for other reasons).