Originally Posted by
Mr Angry from Purley
Rog - Um not sure about the"CAA not liking it" - the issue was the aircraft (A320) not liking it due to the range with Y180 (?) or more to the point the toilets not liking it (full after 4 hours).
Eventually the load came down or it tech stopped with crew change
yes it was a combo of all of the above - did you work for EXCAB?
I handled them at LGW and my flat mate was no.1 crew for BY Britannia who at the time also were adopting the same practice of long sector days going there and back but with a second crew prepping the flight at LGW and the operating crew just walking on board at the last minute and taking over.
the EXCAB BJL flight was
afaik flightplanned non-stop both ways but i recall the inbound flights had to drop in somewhere for fuel - making the issue well known of going into Capt's discretion even before leaving LGW as questionable.
the powers that be got wind of this practice and it was abandoned certainly by Britannia IIRC.