Working Hard
I'm just a lowly bus driver but I know alot of 777 guys. If you don't like "building hours" and spending weeks away then this airline isn't for you. I've got a week off this month and I'm still rostered for 87 hours and 20 mins block time. Ten days away is not uncommon for the Boeing guys. They all end up bidding against those long "Singpore then onto Oz and goodness knows where" type of layovers.
We've been told in a recent memo that the 777 will face a busy summer and the Boeing Boys will start working like the bus already is. We used to have 8 days off a month as the rostering target. But this is supposed to change because it was causing huge sickness problems (no surprise there then). The new target will be 9.5, but that won't be acheivable until we are properly up to manpower strength which seems to be a distant goal.
The simple answer is yes you'll work hard. Yes you'll be away alot.
Hope that helps
Scudsy