Admiral
13th Mar 2009, 10:04
During the last 12months I have been travelling on BA LHR-TIP relatively regularly, nearing an average of once a fortnight. On the flight back to the UK last night it occured to me that each time I have flown there has been a senior first officer on the flight deck. I am just intrigued as to the reason, if indeed there is one?
Thunderbug
13th Mar 2009, 10:49
It is not down to required experiance levels, but due to the complexities of the work allocation system we use.
It is a high credit trip. On a Tripoli you get the over 7 hours towards your monthly target whereas a shorter trip (i.e Frankfurt return) gets only 4 1/2 hours credit. This means that doing 2 TIP trips gets you the same value & an extra day off compared to 3 FRA trips.
The way the bidding system goes is that senior chaps generally get first pick and they choose high value trips because that gives them more days off.