Originally Posted by XT668
As for savings - I do a MAN - SSH trip AND BACK in a day in a 75 / 76.
BA go one way (777, faster etc) and slip for three days. In the name of Icarus how do you expect to make money with that sort of a business plan. Be assured, since WW managed to defeat the pilots, the next group was always going to be the CC. If the cart tarts back down, he'll just move onwards.
For the last time, the only reason that we do not operate the SSH as a straight there and back, is because the aircraft is stuck on the ground for five hours. I don't care who you work for, no crew would be able to do that. It is a three day trip due to the lack of frequency of flights. This is a new route for us and, as of yet, still has slot and timing issues. From summer, we have been told it will become a there and back.
Once again, this route is operated from LGW, by crew that are already working to the new crew compliments, have been for three years and in the majority, had no intention of striking. Please stop using this route as an example to show how hard everyone else works, while we at BA, supposedly, swan around taking it easy. It's a complete red herring!