Originally Posted by
scambo1
You are correct. For this reason, most of us ULH folks are aware of whether on of our legs may dip below 12 hrs (usually not a factor). We dont want any of that history coming back to haunt us.
The fact is, I want all of our legs to exceed 16 hrs...they just don't right now. When we got the 777LRs, they put those on the looong legs. Now they schedule them in just like the ERs.
Timbo, can you feel me chanelling Mumbai directs again? 17:55 baby!
Hey, remember when we flew BOM-JFK in the ER's, before the first LR's? And that back-taxi and 180 turn-around at the end of the runway before they built the taxiway down there? That would be sweet if we got Mumbai back, I miss the Taj and all the great food. Not wild about 19 hours in the jet though! But when I asked Anil about it last week in Dubai, he said it's not going to happen.
He said instead, they are looking at adding a second DXB flight, but only 3 days a week, so there may be some 2 and 3 day DXB layovers coming back...ugh. There was no mention of that in the March Crew Resources update however, so maybe not?
I just did my first short DXB layover last week, barely enough time to recover from playing with the football! But it was smooth most of the ride home so I slept better than usual. Nice to have that extra day at home instead of on the road.
Hope I can keep hold of that trip. Did you see all the ICN's for next mo? That will be my 'fall back' trip if I can't get the DXB.