Do BA position crews?
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Do BA position crews?
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Do British Airways position their flightdeck crew to and from destinations? I noticed that that BA operate BAW55/56 as a 744 once a week. How would the crew be rostered for this flight?
Do British Airways position their flightdeck crew to and from destinations? I noticed that that BA operate BAW55/56 as a 744 once a week. How would the crew be rostered for this flight?
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Yes, BA do position crews (both flight and Cabin), BA are also very very averse to having crew sat around for days on end down route (poor utilisation, Hotel costs, etc).
I'm sure a BA 744 pilot may well have the answer, in the meantime having had a look at a "source" I have to say I can't see any obvious evidence of a week long trip to JNB on the 744 fleet. I don't have time to go any deeper into the issue ('cos it's Sunday and I'm lazy) but I suspect either the crews are positioning on another type or the aircraft rotation doesn't quite work as the timetable suggest - is the 744 switching flight numbers on various days, not just doing the 55/56?
Yes, BA do position crews (both flight and Cabin), BA are also very very averse to having crew sat around for days on end down route (poor utilisation, Hotel costs, etc).
I'm sure a BA 744 pilot may well have the answer, in the meantime having had a look at a "source" I have to say I can't see any obvious evidence of a week long trip to JNB on the 744 fleet. I don't have time to go any deeper into the issue ('cos it's Sunday and I'm lazy) but I suspect either the crews are positioning on another type or the aircraft rotation doesn't quite work as the timetable suggest - is the 744 switching flight numbers on various days, not just doing the 55/56?
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Do BA do shuttles from JNB? We,(SIA), used to do both Durban and Capetown shuttles, which takes up all the slack in between, in our case, SIN-JNB-SIN and would be LHR-JNB-LHR for BA.
Do BA do shuttles from JNB?
Anyway back to the OP, having now taken time to look it appears to me that there's that at the moment there's a 744 a day to JNB, in tonight's case operating the 57, the A380 s doing the 55.....
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Hi wiggy
The 57/54 are all 744 but the 55/56 are a380s apart from the one on a tuesday. So crew operate 57 return on 54 two days later. The crew operating the 55 as no flight as the 56 a few day later is the a380.
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The 57/54 are all 744 but the 55/56 are a380s apart from the one on a tuesday. So crew operate 57 return on 54 two days later. The crew operating the 55 as no flight as the 56 a few day later is the a380.
Thanks everybody for your replys
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Not sure how true this is Mr Angry but I was told that the reason for not doing the trip within one FDP was because should the flight, in anyway be delayed and the crew go out of hours, there was no other Concord crew available until one positioned out from UK. This would be via other West Indies flights and local flights, (or a spare Concord direct! - way too expensive, even if they had a spare) and for Concord pax such a delay was considered unacceptable. May not be a word of truth in it!
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Can't argue with that solid reasoning. Mind you when i flew BGI-LHR (won a ticket as her indoors worked for BA) the F/E told me he'd "own wayed" LHR-BGI on the aircraft. I guess a week in BGI in the sun was too much for the crusty old chap (all due respect)
Can't argue with that solid reasoning. Mind you when i flew BGI-LHR (won a ticket as her indoors worked for BA) the F/E told me he'd "own wayed" LHR-BGI on the aircraft. I guess a week in BGI in the sun was too much for the crusty old chap (all due respect)
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Just like the crews didn't do LHR-JFK-LHR in one duty..
Just imagine getting off after taking a present day machine to the Canaries, Greece, or similar.... (Other worldwide comparisons are available..).
Just imagine getting off after taking a present day machine to the Canaries, Greece, or similar.... (Other worldwide comparisons are available..).
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In the grand old days of the Beach Fleet , 747-236s out of Gatwick , there was a weekly Seychelles . Absolute heaven , but very difficult to get one . Spent the whole week sailing instead of a hotel . Also , if you liked golf , the 10 day Harare / Lusaka / Lilongwe which involved lots of shuttles , was great fun .