A letter in our crewroom yesterday explained things a little more clearly....
- 4 Q400's going to Athens along with the required number of crew. To operate under Olympic Airways between Aug 2009 - Sep 2010.
- Staff will be hotel based so full duty pay will be paid.
- Expect going out there for 2 weeks at a time. It looks like we might be expected to do 5 on / 2 off / 5 on and then back home (although this bit is purely guesswork - nothing confirmed on the letter)
- Not sure about route network although in terms of the flight crew they're likely to send out there will probably depend on the category of the aerodromes we'd be flying to. Provided we don't need any extra training in the sim (like Chambery) - it may well be simply a case of making a bid.
We've plenty of FO's - no issues finding them. Just wonder if we've enough Captains to cover.
Haven't got the letter to hand so can't write it out word for word...