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farrari - when the East coast pilots did the Phukets they were 5 & 6 day opt in pairings, did you vehemently object to those being crewed that way as well ?.
While off topic, when “East Coast” (or should that be “over East”) pilots flew the Phuket flights out of Perth - there was no Perth pilot base necessitating the 5 or 6 day pairings. After the Perth base was established it then crewed the flights while they lasted. It was totally different to the current scenario involving Haneda.
Virgin were always going to get enough volunteers to crew the Haneda 5 day trips and they knew it. They didn’t need to offer any incentives.