Alexlandraa, when you say that crew 'need' 2 or 3 nights off, I just don't agree...I would define 'need' as in the required rest mandated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority....I would be very suprised if after a 10hour flight, crew 'need' 36 or 48 hours off.....do the pilots 'need' the same amount of 'rest'? If our passengers are stranded all over the UK because Heathrow is snow-closed for a couple of hours, are you saying you would still 'need' 2 days off rather than take a sensible, legally sanctioned amount of time off and keep the show on the road by getting the people that pay our wages to where they paid us to take them?
Last edited by flybymerchant; 9th Dec 2009 at 12:12.
Reason: CAA typo