Originally Posted by
jrmyl
There really is no typical day. Some days are 2 sectors, others are 1. Can be passenger or cargo. 2 sector duties can be from 5 to 9 hours of flight time depending on where you are going.
some duties are more than 10 hrs, it is interesting to note that some duties (including back of the clock) are planning to within 5 minutes of the company limits. Many BOC duties are 2 sector all nighters, the average schedule also flip flops from day to night back to day duties. There is very little consistency in scheduling (unlike some companies who run a series of earlys, then lates), the result being, after a week or so in Japan, one's body has no idea when it should be asleep or not and many pilots end up napping when they can instead of enjoying a full night's sleep.. Add to that the fact that many commuters are not acclimatised to local time when they commute in.