Long haul or what!!
Today while making my way back up North from EHAM @ FL340 at about 10;00 we were talking to Scottish and he gave me the usual info about an aircraft crossing from left to right 1000ft above, grand, we both looked and it was a lovely sight, we even said "morning" and the guy responded likewise, it was not a busy frequency.As he passed over us the Scottish controller asked him (the singapore airbus) what was his flight time today, wait for it, yes I was gobsmacked when the guy said 17hours and 56 minutes. We landed 30 mins later and I was home in 20 minutes, I am 3/4's way through the "honey do" list already. Maybe I have got this wrong, long haul people correct me here but if it had taken Mr Singapore say 6 and 1/2 hours to get from JFK (?) to where we saw him(60nm East of NEW), this is like ATPL planning all over again, that means nearly 11 and 1/2 hours to go from when we saw him!!!
Tough work or not? I wonder if that type of flying is enjoyable?
Happy Landings everybody.
Capt Ronweb.