Some questions about airline flying in 70's/80's

[Gordomac]

Capt Rodg : I'll bite because I'm stuck waiting for the Pool Guy ! -And, he expects me to help.
1. Can't recall a max although 6 is lurking about in the grey cells. I regularly did 5. We would, of course, be restricted by Flying Duty Periods and the length of the sectors proposed would be divided into.
2. Turnround time was typically one hour. For a 757, comfortable.One daft lot tried for 45 mins, never made it but gave us all a hard time for non- achievement. Fave was Northeast Airlines Trident in & out of Bilbao- 3 hours. Cabin crew laid out the first two rows (very first were rear- facing-then the rest forward which made it look like a banquet lay-out and we would all tuck into our crew meals. Except me. I was anorexic and trying to maintain my 9 stone body weight !
3. Don't know what happens "now" but we were not particularly tied. Just the way rostering went meant that 757 rides across the Atlantic made us tied together with one crew for as much as 6 days, Party on. Fabbo. Best ever was Banjul. One sector there but no way to get back. Stayed for a week on the West African Beach. So did, BA, Condor, few other well known European Charter operators. Now, I mean, R e a l l y................Party on ! - Total marriage & relationship wrecker though.
4. Never knew anyone standing in the cabin for the Welcome on Board bit. Except one. He was famous for pulling the hand-mike at full stretch into the cabin and off he went. Misplaced DJ/ TV presenter. I was just famous for going on and on and on with folk reaching for portable hang-man nooses or even the occasional fire-arm-mid speech.