Originally Posted by
Cpt. Underpants
10 hour days?
Pfft. Easy. We frequently do 2 man, 13 hour days. Tropics to sub arctic and back to typhoon conditions and sub-par ATC, congestion all the way.
Ten hour days but 4-5 sectors, 25-30 min turns and barely time to get out your seat and take a piss. Chuck in some fairly typical delays and you’re pushing 11-12 hours. Go home for min rest and do it again the next day. Typically 140 duty hours of intense multisector days per month.
It’s a different kind of knackering. The lack of ANY quiet time to relax during the duty is the main problem, the effect of which I underestimated before entering the LCC world (having previous long haul experience).