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Old 18th Jun 2018, 10:03
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The Outlaw
 
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Looking back on 380 rosters with a wide cross section of people it looks like this:

5 Euro,1 ULR = 95 hours
4 Asia, 1 ULR = 93 hours
1 SA, 3 Euro, 2 Asia = 95 hours
3 Euro, 2 Asia, 1 ULR = 99 hours
4 Euro, 2 ULR = 93 hours
25 day of leave, 1 Euro, 1 ULR = 36 hours

The average works out to 95 hours in my case. A cross section of random rosters on the same fleet indicate the same numbers on months without training or vacation. What is interesting to see is that those who have 3 weeks leave will generally work about 35 hours. Those with 2 weeks leave will generally work about 65 hours and the flight seems to be an extra ULR. Either way you'll be pretty tired when you start your vacation.

Of course there will be those who claim they don't work over 90 hours and there are those who have done 104-110 hours! EK does not count your time spent in the bunk toward your flight time limitations so its easy to understand how they can inflate the hours to 100 or more. Days off in a month are in the 10-12 range with some months as high as 15 and others as low as 9. Both fleets seems to work about as hard with the exception of the 777 freighter pilots who don't seem to get as much stick and rudder time but do spend about the same time away from home. In many cases most rosters will give a 4 day off stretch once in the month.

So, desparate times and measures? Anyone can fly 100 hour months for a year, but after that the chronic fatigue sets in and you'll notice negative changes in your life, its just not good for yourself and family. You may find that good intentions to come and make a family life here is the same thing that eventually breaks it up, we've all see lots of those examples.

Buyer beware!
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