And it's not just about fuel, is it?
I cannot imagine how many flight deck crew and cabin crew would be required to staff a 20-hour..ish..flight. Flight crew often have more than one crew on very long hauls anyway, but don't now how many hours they can do before going out of hours, even when trading off. But with one set of cabin crew.....
Surely at least the cabin crew would be out of hours wouldn't they before the flight was completed, even with bunk rest.
It surely would be a complicated and expensive flight deck and cabin crew staffing issue to extend to non-stop at that length, added to the already pricey fuel issues?
Last edited by baggersup; 10th Sep 2013 at 21:56.