Airlines Offering Mix of Long Haul/Short Haul
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Airlines Offering Mix of Long Haul/Short Haul
First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong thread.
How many airlines are there out there that offer pilots the chance of flying a mixture of short-haul and long-haul on the same type. I only know of Monarch on the A320/A321/A330, albeit with a limited long-haul route network, and BA with the B767, although I don't know if this will be continued with the B787. Do some of the other charter airlines (TOM, TCX) offer the common type rating on the 757/767? The chance to mix long haul trips with a few day trips and time at home would surely be a brilliant lifestyle for any pilot, but there are understandably very few airline sin a position to offer such a role.
How many airlines are there out there that offer pilots the chance of flying a mixture of short-haul and long-haul on the same type. I only know of Monarch on the A320/A321/A330, albeit with a limited long-haul route network, and BA with the B767, although I don't know if this will be continued with the B787. Do some of the other charter airlines (TOM, TCX) offer the common type rating on the 757/767? The chance to mix long haul trips with a few day trips and time at home would surely be a brilliant lifestyle for any pilot, but there are understandably very few airline sin a position to offer such a role.
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The chance to mix long haul trips with a few day trips and time at home would surely be a brilliant lifestyle for any pilot, but there are understandably very few airline sin a position to offer such a role.
What you desire may also change with age and your home situation (age of kids etc).
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Many TCX Boeing crew at MAN fly the 757 and 767, but there's very little long haul on the 767 at the moment (although this could change this Winter).
A large number of TCX Airbus crew at MAN and LGW fly mixed fleet on the A320/1 and A330, however long haul is now much reduced with 3 x A330s about to leave the fleet, and so it's possible that the number of mixed fleet crew will be reduced as a result.
Although the mixed fleet lifestyle suits many, with a pilot surplus and a rapidly contracting long haul program I would say future prospects for new joiners being able to opt for this are pretty minimal.
A large number of TCX Airbus crew at MAN and LGW fly mixed fleet on the A320/1 and A330, however long haul is now much reduced with 3 x A330s about to leave the fleet, and so it's possible that the number of mixed fleet crew will be reduced as a result.
Although the mixed fleet lifestyle suits many, with a pilot surplus and a rapidly contracting long haul program I would say future prospects for new joiners being able to opt for this are pretty minimal.
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Former LTU, presently Air Berlin has MFF on the A319/320/321 and A330-300 and A330-200. Personally I would rather fly A330 and skip the MFF. After AB took over, the A320 makes the schedule a night mare. Minimum rest on the 330 filled with an occasional 320 flight make it hard. The good thing, as an SFO relief pilot you only fly the 320 ones a month. You just have to accept the dumb comments for a possible early flare from an experienced A320 non MFF captain.
