We work 12 hour watches (one section works days; another works nights) for a couple of days and then we rest. Unfortunately, my watch will be on this coming Sunday, which is the start of DST in the US. In the years that I’ve been here, watches have been cooperative and in the spirit of goodwill towards each other, we split that difference. When we spring forward, the day watch comes in later to recover 30 minutes from that lost hour of sleep (the night watch, having worked just 11 hours, would work an extra 30 minutes for a total of 11:30 hours); when we fall back, same deal; day watch relieves the night watch 30 minutes earlier and each section will have worked 12:30 hours.
When inquiring about how we’d split the hour this time, the leader of the night watch said that because their section is not affected, they won’t split the hour, and that one less hour of sleep is just the way it is. What the leader is failing to realize is that when we fall back in November, my watch will be on days and theirs will be on nights. Talking to other folks that have been in watches with other groups, they said that they’ve never split the hour and never expected to either (meaning that they’ll work the 13 hours when we fall back or 11 hours when we spring forward).
WIBTA if, come November, I am asked to split the hour and I say "no" and when asked for a reason just say "it’s just the way it is"?