just been another case of a 777 pilot's wishful thinking - the "777's going to AUS" rumour seems to come up quite regularly whilst flying them I find!!
Wishful thinking? Why on earth would anyone want to fly those HKG-AUS sectors. Only 3 crew, back of the clock, short layovers, crap hotels. That was definitely some of the worst flying I have ever had to do.
We got rid of that sort of rubbish when the Bus took over the Middle East!
I think we are quite happy with our 777 rosters as they are. 19 days off in July, thanks very much!