I'll admit I don't know what the "standard" shifts are. Nor, the
turnaround between shifts. But I would assume they aren't working
doctors hours, or anything similar. Please enlighten me as to typical
work shifts.

We bid days off every six months by seniority. My facility has no
turnover because it's a great place to work and live, therefore nobody
leaves and we need no people. We are going to start getting into some
retirements in the next few years. For that reason we are getting three
new people. First one this month then the other two in the spring. The
days off haven't changed for anybody in the last 5 or 6 years. We have
permanent days off, none of that rotating crap that are the legion of
poorly run facilities. In my case I have Saturdays and Sundays off.
Start work Monday at 3 pm, Tuesday at 1 pm, Wednesday at 7 am, Thursday
at 6 am and the mid shift Thursday night at 10 pm. Lately I have been
swapping my Thursday 6am for the Wednesday night mid with one of the
guys on those days off that don't ever want a mid, thereby working two
mids a week. I'll do that until mid October as I prefer to be home
days. Back when I worked at GFK we had the rotating days off until we
changed it to permanent days off.




If they are drowsy on shift, maybe they shouldn't be on shift.

Unavoidable. I am never 100% for the entirety of any midshift. Not
possible. The FAA knows this is a necessary part of working a 24 faciltiy.