Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
No, you miss my point. It's planned and rostered that way to avoid the curfew. Hence your extra and unnecessary nights away.
Nope, nitestops are planned to allow an 8pm ish flight out of LHR and a 6am ish flight out of European airports because that’s where the demand is. It also allows a firebreak after delays. If say an 1800 departure is running late it’s often cancelled. Some are put on the earlier flight some on the later flight and some rerouted with other carriers / HOTAC at LHR as opposed to having 2 jets nitestop which screws the next day schedule.
I think the overriding point is that returning to base at horrible o’clock is avoided.
Q Chesty have you operated as a SH BA pilot out of LHR? If not I refer you to RT Jones post above they like others have first hand experience as erm do I.