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Old 27th Jun 2004, 02:00
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jetjockey7
 
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LHR Base:Further Information

Flight time between LHR and SIN,BKK,and HKG is typically between 12 and 13 hours.Apart from Qf31(daylight from Sin)all sectors have an overnight component.Slip time in SIN,HKG and BKK will be in most cases 24 hrs.An overlap may result in longer slip time but nothing longer than 36 hrs.
Doing this 6 times a month will result in more chest,throat and ear infections than you have ever had in your life.Sleep patterns will be destroyed.The terms Stillnox.normison,melantonin will creep into your vocabulary.The partner you have now is not likely to be around in 12 months.
Forget about being home for weekends ,birthdays,christmas and any other anniversaries.
Give this a lot of consideration.This is the reality of a long haul flight attendant.This is meant to inform not frighten.I have no agenda other than to provide information that you will need to to consider before you make a life altering decision.
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