Originally Posted by
HazCan
You're either pulling our legs or you live in some kind of vampire world! I think you are missing the bigger point: YES, it is our responsibility to come to work rested, sometimes that is tough to do no matter how hard you try. The company has taken away a tool that we used to make ourselves more rested (read:safer) and more ready to operate. There is no reason for that, all they need to do is assign the standbys earlier. Yes, it is still our responsibility to either be rested or pull the plug and not fly, however it would be nice if the company could help us out. Good for the goose, good for the gander....
No, not pulling legs or a vampire, although I do sunburn easily.
I'm just nocturnal by nature, have been since I was a kid. Must get it from my dad, he worked graveyard shift for over 30 years. Weird, I know, even more so because I actually
like night time hub turns, and when I do international, the time changes don't beat up on me quite as much as they do some people. What can I say, I guess it's proof we're all wired differently. I see the point about getting the standbys assigned earlier, but of all the issues out there with the company, this just seems like a fairly minor thing.