DHL NTR FO 777
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There are different types of standby. Reserve, which is the majority of standby, is 10 hours, I have never had a 10 hour call out and it has always been at the minimum a few days before. Then there is standby, you have to be within 2 hours of work, I have never been called off standby but I am always within two hours of being able to report (it used to be 90 minutes but they recently increased it). I have a 2 hour call out standby once every couple of months. Airport reserve, also about once every other month, often tagged on before a trip or after one, you have to sleep in one of the rooms at work. It is very unusual to get called out from reserve or airport reserve, the 10 hour one, which is the majority of "standby", it almost always changes to a duty about a week if not a month prior to the reserve duty. Rosters are published well in advance, eg, on the 20th October we will get the roster for December, trips do change but work days are work days, if they ask you to work on an off day it's a day off payment or you can refuse with no adverse consequences as there are always people willing to get the day off payments. It's a decent company.
This relates to DHL in the UK, I see there are lots of people in the US in this thread. There is no DHL airline in the US, just joint ventures managed by the other party. The direct entry 777 I think is just UK.
This relates to DHL in the UK, I see there are lots of people in the US in this thread. There is no DHL airline in the US, just joint ventures managed by the other party. The direct entry 777 I think is just UK.
Last edited by SloppyJoe; 6th Oct 2023 at 23:23. Reason: Addition
