Thomson 787, early morning positioning

[danielsirrom]

Geeky FlightRadar24 guy here! Purely of of interest, who flies the positioning flights between UK airports after an early morning long haul arrival?

So for example a long haul flight lands at Stansted at about 6am and then departs at around 7am for East Midlands to prepare for a mid morning long haul departure. Who crews that hop flight? Is it the incoming crew to Stansted, the outbound crew for East Midlands, or a separate crew altogether?

[WindSheer]

Can't speak for TOM, but my previous experience of working for FCA tells me it is a separate ferry crew.

[Laarbruch72]

Between long haul arrivals and departures it's nearly always a separate ferry crew, although on the shorter inbound sectors (say, an SFB to MAN) it's possible for the inbound crew to do a short ferry flight after the long haul sector. You wouldn't put a ferry sector before a long haul as you'd be gambling with FTL.

[Rob Courtney]

Going back a few years to when BA had the daily 767 service to JFK from Manchester I believe the outbound crew positioned from LHR by flying the morning 757 shuttle up to Manchester and the inbound crew from JFK flew it back. Hope I am not making that up but it was what I was told by a member of BA crew.

[750XL]

Ferry crew, then back to base by taxi

[Stan Woolley]

Ferry crew, then back to base by taxi

Then drive home, barely keeping their eyes open.

In my day, I would have expected to see a different crew.

[McBruce]

Its a different crew that does the ferry sector.

[750XL]

Originally Posted by Stan Woolley

Then drive home, barely keeping their eyes open.

In my day, I would have expected to see a different crew.

Get over yourself. It's probably an 8 hour day tops, nothing compared to what most shift workers do

For example:

Car - Home to LGW - 1 hour
Fly - LGW to MAN - 2 hours
Taxi - MAN to LGW - 4 hours
Car - LGW to home - 1 hour

[danielsirrom]

Thanks for the replies.