What's a typical daily schedule of a BA Shorthaul Pilot ?
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What's a typical daily schedule of a BA Shorthaul Pilot ?
What's a typical daily schedule of a BA Shorthaul Pilot, for example on the A320?
How many cities does the SH pilot fly to a day? Does the pilot stay there for sometime?
How many cities does the SH pilot fly to a day? Does the pilot stay there for sometime?
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Generally each day is a multi-sector day. Anything up to a 4 sector day is possible although there are some 5 sector days floating around. (I'm led to believe that some other operators have 6 sector days)
If its a straight forward there and back then you will have a minimal time at the airport. Somewhere in the region of 1 hour is typical for a turnround, but, again, there are a few rogue trips around were the turnround is longer.
If you're getting off then the nightstop must be a minimum of 12 hours which, allowing for transport time, is barely enough to get a quick pint in before you head for bed. Most nightstps are longer than this (about 16 hours is my average) and once in a while you will get a really decent stop or even a standover. The smaller the fleet the better the nightstops tend to be as the frequency of the aircraft flying that route is reduced. Thus the A320 gets plenty of standovers, but as the 757 fleet reduces you can expect to see longer stops and more standovers there.
Essentially, most nightstops are long enough to get out and see something of the town or get a bite to eat. Often there will be two crews staying in the hotel: An early crew who will arrive at about 1600 local and depart at about 0600 and a late crew who arrive at about 2100 and depart anywhere between midday and 1700 the next day. Guesss which is more popular...
If its a straight forward there and back then you will have a minimal time at the airport. Somewhere in the region of 1 hour is typical for a turnround, but, again, there are a few rogue trips around were the turnround is longer.
If you're getting off then the nightstop must be a minimum of 12 hours which, allowing for transport time, is barely enough to get a quick pint in before you head for bed. Most nightstps are longer than this (about 16 hours is my average) and once in a while you will get a really decent stop or even a standover. The smaller the fleet the better the nightstops tend to be as the frequency of the aircraft flying that route is reduced. Thus the A320 gets plenty of standovers, but as the 757 fleet reduces you can expect to see longer stops and more standovers there.
Essentially, most nightstops are long enough to get out and see something of the town or get a bite to eat. Often there will be two crews staying in the hotel: An early crew who will arrive at about 1600 local and depart at about 0600 and a late crew who arrive at about 2100 and depart anywhere between midday and 1700 the next day. Guesss which is more popular...
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Whats your standard turnaround-time then? We at Deutsche BA have 30 minutes domestic turnaround and 45 minutes international turnaround. Thats standard, some turnarounds are longer.
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eeper,
Don't forget BAR with our 5 sector days and a working agreement that allows the company to breach all sorts of rules that would cause a riot at LHR!!
Don't forget BAR with our 5 sector days and a working agreement that allows the company to breach all sorts of rules that would cause a riot at LHR!!
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AF1,
My apologies. I should have added that the hours I described were what I experience flying the 757 out of LHR.
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The standard (i.e scheduled) turnround is usually at least one hour. Turnrounds at LHR are usually considerably longer
My apologies. I should have added that the hours I described were what I experience flying the 757 out of LHR.
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The standard (i.e scheduled) turnround is usually at least one hour. Turnrounds at LHR are usually considerably longer
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Ah the luxury of 1 hr just looking at my EOG roster for July and August, at outstations minimum time is 40 mins max 45 mins, at LGW 45 mins the norm , and for airforcenone we are all used to this basic of anomolies checked in the other day to find 5 "warnings" on my schedule. 
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An average month for me (BA SH)consists of about 19 working days, 6 nightstops, 55 sectors, 75 hrs flying time. Around 10 pre 6.30am local reports, 4 or 5 charter trips to the Med or skiing place in winter. And yes, 4 or 5 5 sector days (start 11.00, finish 21.30, turnarounds in 40 min max).
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Aha CRP5! Long time no see! Try a standard 40 minute turnaround mate, reducing to 23mins if your late with a light load. Or two 5 sector days back to back with 13 hours rest between. Or 18 5:45 am reports in a month. Or 5 pre 6am reports followed by 5 sectors on the last day finishing at 9pm. It would be nice to see the warnings on Crewlink, but at the time I report it's usually not working so I have to guess!
Ahh, see how the bitter and twisted crawl out of the woodwork!
Oh yeah, forgot to add that if you're interested in nightstops then we've got Edinburgh, Glasgow and, if you're really lucky, Dusseldorf! Same rain, different city.
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Ahh, see how the bitter and twisted crawl out of the woodwork!
Oh yeah, forgot to add that if you're interested in nightstops then we've got Edinburgh, Glasgow and, if you're really lucky, Dusseldorf! Same rain, different city.
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Hi
I'm on the A319/A320 fleet at LHR and would agree with eeper except that as the 'Bus fleet grows the number of standovers are decreasing but the number of destinations and nightstops are increasing.
We currently nightstop in:
Belfast
Aberdeen
Newcastle
Manchester
Glasgow (not as much)
Oslo
Brussels
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Berlin
Stuttgart
Bologna
Zurich and Geneva (Saturdays only)
Milan
Last winter we had
Cologne
Nice
Copenhagen
In October with the new Winter Schedule we've been told to expect Nice and Copenhagen back, plus Helsinki, Warsaw and a couple of others. Bologna is supposed to be going to EOG. This last paragraph is mainly based on rumours so may not be correct.
Typical daily format either
2 sector return
3x3 sector trip over 2 days
3x2x3 sector trip over 3 days
3x2x4x3 sector trip over 4 days
Also you can add
4 sector returns
3x4x3 trip over 2 days
Other 4 and 5 day combinations
3x1 or 1x3 sector trips over 2 days
Most of these either follow the early or late times that eeper mentioned.
The 3x4x3 trips are hard work but should give you at least 5 take offs and landings in 3 days.
Hope this helps.
I'm on the A319/A320 fleet at LHR and would agree with eeper except that as the 'Bus fleet grows the number of standovers are decreasing but the number of destinations and nightstops are increasing.
We currently nightstop in:
Belfast
Aberdeen
Newcastle
Manchester
Glasgow (not as much)
Oslo
Brussels
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Berlin
Stuttgart
Bologna
Zurich and Geneva (Saturdays only)
Milan
Last winter we had
Cologne
Nice
Copenhagen
In October with the new Winter Schedule we've been told to expect Nice and Copenhagen back, plus Helsinki, Warsaw and a couple of others. Bologna is supposed to be going to EOG. This last paragraph is mainly based on rumours so may not be correct.
Typical daily format either
2 sector return
3x3 sector trip over 2 days
3x2x3 sector trip over 3 days
3x2x4x3 sector trip over 4 days
Also you can add
4 sector returns
3x4x3 trip over 2 days
Other 4 and 5 day combinations
3x1 or 1x3 sector trips over 2 days
Most of these either follow the early or late times that eeper mentioned.
The 3x4x3 trips are hard work but should give you at least 5 take offs and landings in 3 days.
Hope this helps.
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Ah CRP5 I thought you were long gone off and being sensible these days! You should get over here and get on the 737!! European 2 sector days....ahh the duty free is great in Madrid too! Not many overnights available though...
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flaps,
You can have the Helsinki nightstop over my dead body. Actually, scratch that, you can have the early HEL, but for gods sake leave us the late one! Best nightstop we do IMHO.
You can have the Helsinki nightstop over my dead body. Actually, scratch that, you can have the early HEL, but for gods sake leave us the late one! Best nightstop we do IMHO.
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eeper,
don't know if flaps is right about the 'bus getting HEL, but we've already got it on our late Sept bid pack (737). Its about time you greedy 757 people let us poor lesser mortals have some more scraps.
don't know if flaps is right about the 'bus getting HEL, but we've already got it on our late Sept bid pack (737). Its about time you greedy 757 people let us poor lesser mortals have some more scraps.
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Rome nightstop? Don't make me laugh! You don't get one of those unless you flew the 737! Just an inconvenenient little 4 day trip between your consecutive long weekends off!
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Pandora, eeper + others.
Being Schitzo I have changed, long story. Originally registered as 'Fil' in previous company, then stared OATS and unable to access. Re-registered as 'flaps' and used that name ever since. Less that a year ago revisited previous employer, convinced sys manager to allow me to access old e-mails, got pasword for 'Fil' but never used it.
Now that everyone is talking about member numbers I thought I'd scrap flaps and re use fil, well with a number less than 1000.. Also there are about 4 or 5 variations of flapsX whereas fil is a bit more unique. Don't worry I haven't applied for a sex change at the same time!
Anyway, in answer to your questions HEL as I stated was just a rumour and certainly not before October. We've got at least 5 new A319's before the end of the year so during the winter we'll be getting new routes.
Apparently no more A319's from Jan, all of next years orders have been changed to new A320's. These are supposed to fully utilise the 2nd video IFE system so it's TV whilst you fly as well as the moving map. Also they may have laptop power supplies in Club. This last item may be rumoured but with a better IFE we've heard that BA will want to use them on some of the longer shorthaul routes such as Athens, Larnaca (an extra flight not instead of the 767s), Moscow (not for a while), and Istanbul. I'm not expecting any of these for quite a while, maybe more than a year away.
Being Schitzo I have changed, long story. Originally registered as 'Fil' in previous company, then stared OATS and unable to access. Re-registered as 'flaps' and used that name ever since. Less that a year ago revisited previous employer, convinced sys manager to allow me to access old e-mails, got pasword for 'Fil' but never used it.
Now that everyone is talking about member numbers I thought I'd scrap flaps and re use fil, well with a number less than 1000.. Also there are about 4 or 5 variations of flapsX whereas fil is a bit more unique. Don't worry I haven't applied for a sex change at the same time!
Anyway, in answer to your questions HEL as I stated was just a rumour and certainly not before October. We've got at least 5 new A319's before the end of the year so during the winter we'll be getting new routes.
Apparently no more A319's from Jan, all of next years orders have been changed to new A320's. These are supposed to fully utilise the 2nd video IFE system so it's TV whilst you fly as well as the moving map. Also they may have laptop power supplies in Club. This last item may be rumoured but with a better IFE we've heard that BA will want to use them on some of the longer shorthaul routes such as Athens, Larnaca (an extra flight not instead of the 767s), Moscow (not for a while), and Istanbul. I'm not expecting any of these for quite a while, maybe more than a year away.
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Hi Fil,
don't let the identity crisis get you down.
As for the current fleet mix - who knows? Even MJ didn't know before he left. They sell 757s, then they buy some more. On my little 'fill the gaps' fleet we work hard, then not at all, then hard again. I don't mind, we get variety (and definitely HEL
). Maybe they won't get rid of the 757s after all. Then I won't have to fly your computer operated thingies when they get rid of the 737 fleet.
don't let the identity crisis get you down.
As for the current fleet mix - who knows? Even MJ didn't know before he left. They sell 757s, then they buy some more. On my little 'fill the gaps' fleet we work hard, then not at all, then hard again. I don't mind, we get variety (and definitely HEL
). Maybe they won't get rid of the 757s after all. Then I won't have to fly your computer operated thingies when they get rid of the 737 fleet.