Originally Posted by old fellah
Particularly Arduous Tour of Duty
Mr Wooby. You are joking, surely. Bombay-Dubai-Bombay is at worst six hours flight time. Allowing for 1 hour before departure from Bombay and a 1 hour turn around in Dubai plus 10 mins after arrival back in Bombay that is still only 8 hours 10 mins. Hardly arduous if sufficient rest before departure. Have done it more times than I care to remember and never found it particularly arduous.
Old Fellah. You are joking surely? This is not BOM-DXB-BOM, but Mangalore to Dubai and back which will add about an hour of flight time EACH way over Bombay. Plus 2:30 on the ground as reported makes for a damn long duty...
We do rotations to southern India from Dubai and it can easily be a 12 hour duty - through the NIGHT... (Throw in the monsoon and it can be a sh1te night out) Not easy, even if you're as fit as the Indians think you should be
