Originally Posted by
CATIII
Meanwhile on the 330 there's Taipei, 10 hours in the air and departing at 1AM, or the "midnight madness" Vegas 1:55am departure, and lets not forget the famous LAX turns where the FO operates both legs (and usually doesn't get either landing) while captains take turns in the back!
But compared to what I did before, it's still good! In ACMI freight, the typical trip was back side of the clock and 18+ hour days...
Just didn't want to leave people with the impression that we don't have our share of back side of the clock flying here... Koolaid is good, but only in moderation.
Very true, have done a few of those LAX out and backs....pretty miserable if you aren't already well rested heading to work..I've got a 4 yr old up at the crack of dawn, so I'm never at 100%!!!!
And these international trips always kill me heading back.... Good thing though is you(I) can always just bid for some West Coast 3 day ( or 2 day SJC, OAK) and get a nice easy trip with a day to relax... ( which is great for me to take a little break from the home life.
I've done quite a bit of different types of flying... On call, regional, corporate etc.... The type of flying here is pretty relaxed compared to other jobs