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Old 7th Oct 2014, 12:34
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9 days leave, 85 hours, 1 day ground school, 2 days sim.....
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Old 8th Oct 2014, 06:25
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3 weeks leave.
44 flying hours.
Unreal.
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Old 8th Oct 2014, 06:51
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Same here, this month. Being punished for having leave.

43hrs in 8 days of flying, no augment or ulr flights. Also a mix of far east and westbound africa flts.

Its legal. Sad to say that legalities are the only thing binding our current situation, until the fatigue reports build up.
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Old 8th Oct 2014, 13:56
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66 hours in two weeks. Wrote to management, but they don’t even have the decency to reply.
Everybody who complains on here about the hours, please do fill out an ASR PLUS a fatigue report. I guess that’s the only thing we can do.
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Old 8th Oct 2014, 14:26
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Laker ... 100% correct !
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Old 11th Oct 2014, 03:16
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Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question in detail. I was considering a move to the Middle East with my family for a new experience. Are there any Middle Eastern Airlines that you know of that offer a better work/family/life balance? I don't think my wife would be impressed if I was gone more then I am now
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Old 11th Oct 2014, 06:19
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Best Airline in Middle East

Yes, NOSUCH AIRLINE. www.nosuchair.com

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Old 11th Oct 2014, 09:33
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Just out of interest, on a fleet like the 777 at EK with 140+ aircraft and one base, do you ever get to fly with the same guy twice??
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Old 12th Oct 2014, 00:45
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Fly with the same guy twice....?

Yes quite often actually - once on the way to Mumbai, and then again quite soon after on the way back............. sorry, I'll get my coat.
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 15:09
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We seem to have a new "Apollo Roster Hero" in our ranks.
Thanks for spoiling the party you dork!

Sometimes i'm worried boarding our planes as passenger ......
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 15:12
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What's the story Glofish?
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 15:40
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Come on Glofish - someone got an award for that. What do you want to plan your life for anyway?
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 15:56
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Yep the brown NAJM definately goes to that space cadet!!!
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 16:43
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Recently in ground school one "cadet" was happily bragging about the preview... We are our own worst enemies...
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Old 19th Oct 2014, 18:56
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Thumbs down Apollo Warrior Hero-ess...

Indeed a great thank you, to the (presumably) Female colleague from the southern hemisphere..

If you think they can't be any more stupid.. Voila.. one pops out of the woodwork.. Just incredible..

What where you thinking lady.. on using the Apollo info with your complaint??



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(and we can't even fill their mailboxes with filth any more.. they've taken that away as well… where is the fun in all this gone??)

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Old 19th Oct 2014, 23:31
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The Apollo queen. We really do have some imbecilic clowns in our midst. Almost as stupid as the 380 captain that complained during his PPC that the wx given to him by the instructor was not correct.
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Old 20th Oct 2014, 05:30
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So that option is gone as well (can't find it anymore...) Thank you for that. However why is it so illegal and forbidden to have a look at roster making in progress?
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Old 20th Oct 2014, 05:44
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So that option is gone as well (can't find it anymore...) Thank you for that. However why is it so illegal and forbidden to have a look at roster making in progress?
Because Littlejet, the old axiom applies KIP. Knowledge Is Power. Why would the rostering Raj/Mafia want to devolve information that keeps them in a position of power? It's like asking IT for something that is Mac compatible..
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Old 20th Oct 2014, 08:10
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But no time for browser compatibility

Yup. They got plenty of time and money to close any "loophole" to allow us a preview of the next month's roster but still can't assign one of the hundreds in IT to make TRIPS compatible with standard browsers like safari or GASP the iPad. Another great waste of resources.
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Old 20th Oct 2014, 09:13
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Somebody far funnier than me commented that they treat our rosters "like nuclear missile launch codes" which as well as being funny is also tragically true.
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