Don't know the ins and out of AFs scheduling agreements but I really can't imagine they wouldn't have had a heavy on that route...pretty much all the European legacy outfits I'm aware of have at least one extra pilot on their equivalent routes from that part of the world.
Any additives due to heavy crewing plus captain's discretion on top (? three hours) can give you a fairly lengthy allowable duty period.....
Last edited by wiggy; 27th September 2023 at 11:49.
Reason: "pilot" added for clarification