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The 777 is taking over 330 flights?
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Fret not GoreTex, a few years from now when all the 380's are up and running and the 2 class behemoth is earning its keep, that post of yours will read '7 turns in 5 weeks!' India awaits........
Personally, I like the variety of the layovers and turnarounds, just not at 0300!
Harry
Personally, I like the variety of the layovers and turnarounds, just not at 0300!
Harry
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Harry,
not for me, one PPC left until eternal freedom
and I am still upset that my plane was not built to carry more cargo, its only good to carry passengers
not for me, one PPC left until eternal freedom
and I am still upset that my plane was not built to carry more cargo, its only good to carry passengers
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Well done GoreTex.
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Two weeks leave (lucky me with peak leave) with of course a turnaround the day before. But the two weeks prior only TWO Xdays in 16 days. All legal of course. The cubicle dwellers get more than that. YGTBSM 
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And that is why Panther, I took the ' if you don't like it leave' option. I know many cant, due to financial constraints.
But, I have to say, consider your long term health, because I can tell you, not flying EK rosters for 4 months, I am feeling normal.
But, I have to say, consider your long term health, because I can tell you, not flying EK rosters for 4 months, I am feeling normal.
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But that is okay because diesel has come down so distribution costs will fall and everything in the shops will get cheaper when they pass the savings on. They will pass the savings on, won't they?
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Unreal, absolutely sweet FA I bid for.
I know they were fiddling as a purser friend said I was on her flight a couple of days back, and voila now I am not
Maybe they are gonna say what a marvellous new improvement next month, with the new system.
98 hours
SyB
I know they were fiddling as a purser friend said I was on her flight a couple of days back, and voila now I am not
Maybe they are gonna say what a marvellous new improvement next month, with the new system.
98 hours
SyB
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"Well we had it tough.
We had to scrape the frost off the wings, load the freight ourselves, help the maintenance guys, clean the aircraft, fly an NDB approach to minimums in crosswind with no autoland, keep a gun in the aircraft for bears, fly overweight and get paid minimal wages."
"But you know, we were happy in those days even though we were poor."
"Because we were poor. My old man used to say 'Hours don't bring you happiness son"
"He was right. I was happier then and we had nothing. We used to have to sleep in our cockpit seats".
"Cockpit seats? You were lucky to have cockpit seats to sleep in. We used to sleep in a crew rest area with bunks, two at a time and you could hear the toilet flush and occasionally, the other guy snored"
"You were lucky to have a crew rest area near the toilet. We used to have to sleep in the OVERHEAD crew rest area in the ceiling with no extra noise and the beds angled to compensate for the nose-up attitude of the aircraft."
"Oh, we used dream of resting in the in an overhead crew rest area! Would ha' been a palace to us. We used to rest in a water tank in the rubbish storage area. We got woke up every few hours to go back to the cockpit by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! Crew rest area? Huh."
"You were lucky to have the water tank. There were a hundred and fifty of us sleeping in economy class"
"Premium Economy?" "Yes" "You were lucky. We used to rest in an rolled up inflight magazine in the waste tank. We had to wake up and clean the magazine, eat an extra first class meal, sit in the right seat for several hours and when the second crew rest came, the captain would thrash us to sleep with his belt."
"We were evicted from our crew rest area; we 'ad to go and sleep in the wheel well".
"Luxury,
We had to wake up a 11 pm in our company paid villa, push the company limo to work and then lick the runway clean with our tongues prior to taxiing our A380, pay the airline owner a 40,000 dollar bond for the right to work, be on duty 26 hours a day due to time zone crossings, eat our special meals, work with 14-20 young exotic stewardesses, have layovers in in the world's premium cities and when we got to the hotel, the maids would drive us crazy with their incessant loud talk and slamming of doors."
"But you try and tell the young pilot's that today... and they won't believe ya'."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
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Why is it unreal? Correct me if I'm wrong but with a rotating bid system, should we not expect to get our requested trips and days off only in the top few months.....not when you're second from bottom! Come back and complain in January when it's your turn for the pick of the crop, I might have a bit more empathy then!
Harry
Why is it unreal? Correct me if I'm wrong but with a rotating bid system, should we not expect to get our requested trips and days off only in the top few months.....not when you're second from bottom! Come back and complain in January when it's your turn for the pick of the crop, I might have a bit more empathy then!
Harry
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Top Bid! LHS 8 days off 8 turns 2 layovers no days off that I requested. 65 hours of ****e! Guess which fleet??? I would take 90 hours over this every month! Different Airline on this glorious BUS!!