Originally Posted by
Prob30Tempo TSRA
6 of one. Half a dozen of another .
One trip a month only because vastly overcrewed as expected aircraft haven’t come but are on the way now , expect more .
imagine going round the world in 4 days from utc -8 to utc +8 , with 19-22 hr breaks . It’s just as tiring but a different sort of.
Position to HK or Shanghai , to do 5 standbys , position back . A lot of
JS sectors , cruise sectors .
its a niche job , some love it and stay decades , some last 2 years
Think I work for the same operator as the OP & I agree 100% with you.
The OP is right, we do some horrendous duties in the summer and it is busy. But after flying long haul out of the sandpit for 15yrs, it absolutely is a different kind of tired. I can be destroyed after an airport stby callout nightmare duty, but after a day I’m back to normal. Compare to longhaul, don’t think I actually ever fully recovered between duties.
I nearly ended up at DHL UK myself, and have friends there that are very happy. But I’m happy I ended up where I did, as one of the reasons for leaving the desert, was to avoid being away from home for long periods