Originally Posted by
flareflyer
I agree!!!
I think it is just a rumour.......they cannot be that crazy.....
Again, don't shoot the messenger......
Emirates flew to JFK with 3 pilots in the summer on the A-340. With the FTLs we had back then and the 340 flying as slow as it did (compared to the 380 & 777) one had to start his crew rest while the airplane was rolling down the runway for takeoff to be Legal.
I did that pairing with 3 pilots several times and it was a killer. It was unsafe but that never stopped EK and it won’t stop them in the future.