Originally Posted by
ROC10
This may sound like a stilly question but I was wondering how the crewing of W-patterns works? For example, how would ABZ-DLM-GLA-DLM-ABZ be crewed? And would it be any different for shorter flights like ABZ-PMI-GLA-PMI-ABZ?
The crew will operate ABZ-DLM-GLA and then taxi back to their base at ABZ. Sometimes however they may be required to stay overnight in GLA and operate another flight from GLA the following day or even sent to another UK base. A new crew will then join the aircraft and operate the GLA-DLM-ABZ service. This could either be operated by GLA or ABZ based crew, but they will always be taken to and from their home bases at the end of their working blocks
The same happens on the shorter flights you mentioned.