Before his thread runs and runs....
Yes, BA do position crews (both flight and Cabin), BA are also very very averse to having crew sat around for days on end down route (poor utilisation, Hotel costs, etc).
I'm sure a BA 744 pilot may well have the answer, in the meantime having had a look at a "source" I have to say I can't see any obvious evidence of a week long trip to JNB on the 744 fleet. I don't have time to go any deeper into the issue ('cos it's Sunday and I'm lazy) but I suspect either the crews are positioning on another type or the aircraft rotation doesn't quite work as the timetable suggest - is the 744 switching flight numbers on various days, not just doing the 55/56?
Last edited by wiggy; 24th Aug 2014 at 16:39.