ATL-NRT is about the shortest International leg we do on the 777. The Whale will do it...maybe in the winter it might be tough, then it can be over 15 going west. But sometimes on the way home it's not even 12hrs. Last time I flew it it was about 11hrs. I threatened to sit in F/C all the way home and let them 3 man it! Now that we are doing NRT-MSP, that is shorter.

LOS and TLV were both shorter, but they took the 777's off both.

When we first started the MSP leg, I was told we are only doing it because some of the Whales are down for the lie-flat seat mods. We'll see what happens when they get them all done, see if they put the Whale back on MSP-NRT, or...?

Any of you Whale drivers know what the max range (time or distance) is with a full load of pax? How many 4 pilot, over 12hr. legs do they fly?

I know the 777 LR is capable of flying for about 20 hours. It holds 317,000lbs. fuel, and burns about 16,000/hr. average. Right now, I think JNB-ATL is our longest leg, 7,400 mi. Take off to landing is about 16 on that one, depending on winds of course. The longest I've done is a bit over 17 hrs. BOM-ATL, in the winter, about 7,600mi I think, into a snow storm in the ATL which was fun. But the hardest part was trying not to slide off the hill by the jetbase on the packed ice on the taxiways!