Originally Posted by
TorqueStripe
Wizz doesn't do hotels, unless you go AOG. Hence, no Jetlag problem either. You're sleeping in your own place/base every night.
As AUH has the longest sectors, you will have the most days off. 10 hour flying days and 100 hours max a month (not sure exactly about GCAA limits) means 10 working days.
That makes sense.Even if you sleep at base daily you will be sleeping upside down your body clock and so jet lag will still impact! Fatigue will chew your circadian cycle up... The extra off days will help to sone extent in addressing that (provided ops does not disturb your peace during rest periods) .What I was informed that there will be more time off in WAAD and some night stops on occasion due to long block times as.am sure you end up doing 13 hr duty days..per sector easily. Already Vienna is posted and it probably will be the longest sector yet at approx 3000miles.Am sure the 321N is capable of longer. Moscow is a 11 hr block time and I can not imagine going there without a night stop or else do a 24 hr duty day unless a small hiccup develops With the expansion rate they are planning and due to most demand for western destinations from AUH being the western European destinations and Far East and Indian Ocean/East African leisure and trader cities; I can envision the 321N being utilized as far south as Zanzibar if not further and Far Eastern destinations like Thailand and beyond.
Here is a quote for the mission capability of this type from Airbus:
"Extending the flight distances for A320 Family aircraft opens even more exciting travel possibilities. The longest-fuselage A321 variant can fly routes of up to 4,000nm with 206 passengers in its A321LR (long range) configuration, with extra fuel carried in three Additional Centre Tanks (ACTs). The A321XLR version provides a further range extension to 4,700nm. Its increased maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 101 tonnes enables the aircraft to be fitted with a permanent Rear Centre Tank (carrying 12,900 litres of fuel) and an optional forward ACT. This gives the A320XLR a flight time of up to 11 hours, with passengers benefitting throughout the trip from Airbus’ award-winning Airspace interior, which brings the latest cabin technology to the A320 Family."
Exciting times ahead if the network expansion fleet, crew resources and traffic rights indeed materialize. That is when they might work crew to the bare bones by having in flight deck relief staff.