JULY 2018 ROSTERS
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But that only equates to an average of around five and a half block hours for each of those fifteen days. Seniority at FlyDubai does seem to enable one to generally avoid night flying, if one wishes and I would happily do 81 hours of day flying spread over 15 days than doing slightly less hours, with the classic EK mix of day and night flying.
Each to their own I guess.
Each to their own I guess.
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Both fleets have traditionally had lower time rosters for the RHS versus LHS. That has changed on the 380 now and RHS pilots are now seeing rosters squarely in the 90-95 hour territory, some even more. Rumor is that they will crank up the hours RHS 777 as well in a bid to make all pilots as cost effective as possible...don't shoot the messenger, just what I was told on a visit to the 3rd floor one day.
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Only 2 short-ish night turns in a block of 8 days, 2 long nights but back well before sunrise so it's ok, 2 blocks of 3 OFF and a block of nearly 6 OFF. Rest is all daytime and nice hours. What's there to complain about?
I'm senior but not even that senior. I've seen junior Captains roster who don't bid at all that are actually surprisingly good.
Each to their own indeed.
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WHAT AIRLINE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? This is the MIDDLE EAST FORUM!!! for cryin out load
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@Citation, my sincere apologies for arrogantly assuming the middle eastern forum is synonymous to EK.
It's just that the majority of the posters and topics tend to be EK based. Threads can easily be muddled.
All the same I/we wouldn't mind knowing how hard our colleagues from across are working as well. or Not.
It's just that the majority of the posters and topics tend to be EK based. Threads can easily be muddled.
All the same I/we wouldn't mind knowing how hard our colleagues from across are working as well. or Not.
Mid Bid John Deere (777) LHS
79 hrs.
2 x Far East
1 x ULR
1 x day turn
1 x Cargo trip
13 days off
2 x rest days (midnight 30 finishes)
3 weekends off
Almost civilised, now if only those 13 in a row off were consecutive.
79 hrs.
2 x Far East
1 x ULR
1 x day turn
1 x Cargo trip
13 days off
2 x rest days (midnight 30 finishes)
3 weekends off
Almost civilised, now if only those 13 in a row off were consecutive.
Am I allowed to suggest that this sounds pretty reasonable or are only negative comments welcome here?
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Have you seen how many days Long Haul pilots work at LH, AF, or DL? Maybe 10-11 days a month and your happy with 18 days a month.
Pilots like you are a contributing factor for why so many of EK pilots are leaving. The ones that have left know it s never going to get better and probably much worse when the company knows it has pilots like Beef who are so willing to bend over and when they do bend over love the dry penetration.
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So without those days, 17-18 working days are not really that abnormal in the area you describe (western europe, where I work (legacy carrier)).
The difference is that such a roster would be considered busy here, as at EK it's probably an easy month....
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Left ek this year - happy and no regrets that I left. The ONLY one thing I miss is the 777... The fact that every second or third flight is not a night flight anymore changed my life. Arrogance has ruined many big companies and even countries.
