UK -Sharm El Sheik Ops
Recently pax'ed from LGW to SSH with Thomson on 763 (out) and 75W (back) and noticed from what I could tell that the crew operated out and return, with approx 1.5hrs on the ground in Sharm. Flight times were approx 5 hrs on the way out and 5.5 on the way back.
That seems like a long day at the office to me!
How close does this get to a legal maximums re. duty day? How much contingency is there is case of delays during turn-around, en-route diversions etc?
The new BA 777 service started while I was out there, and I noticed it has a rather longer stop (approx 5 hrs) in SSH - is that for some sort of rest?