(07 Jun 2024, 3:04 pm)Driver9*** wrote Yes you usually get one long weekend off a month (F/S/S/M) but bear in mind you will hardly ever get two days off together for the rest of that time.

Also, often you will finish at midnight, then your day off followed by a 6am start the day after, severely limiting what you can do on your day off as well as ruining your body clock.

A quick check of current Ashington Rosters suggests the chance of having a late duty on Saturday, then rest day Sunday, followed by an early start on Monday is, on average, once every 14 weeks. Hardly 'often'.

In addition, long weekends at Ashington are roughly every 4-6 weeks and the chance of having two rest days off together in the same week (not including weeks that are long weekends) appears to be at least twice (on a rough average) within a 10 week period too, so almost every other week could have back to back rest days in some form.

It sounds like your feedback may be a little out of date, in comparison to current roster practices.