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FLYINGE
thanks for the answer NightIP. the TPE-NGO-ICN-TPE flights, do you mind giving specifics? How long is each flight, how long you sit between flights and what is the longest duty day you have had? Do you usually show up at the same time every night for these flights? I suppose if you get your body used to doing the night flying at approximately the same time, you can adjust to that. I was told it's when it changes on you every day where it could wear you out.
Are there also similar flying here in the US out of CVG? And if so, where is the flying to?
The other day I saw a 767 freighter flying out of IAH during the day, and there is always 767 passenger airplanes parked by the Fed Ex hangar in IAH. where these usually fly to?
Yes, the DHL flying is all scheduled, so we're showing up at the same time each night.
For TPE-NGO-ICN-TPE, it's a 2100L departure in Taipei, 2.5 hours to NGO, sit for an hour, 2.0ish to ICN, sit for another hour, 2.5 back to TPE (arrives 0630L). Duty night is just under 12 hours, and we block about 7.0. We work that 3-man, and we have 36 hours of rest between each round-robin. The 747 does a similar route out of NRT.
Domestic freight is typical short-haul freight... Show late, work a leg or two into the hub, sit for 3-4 hours, fly back out to the outstation (ORD, ATL, BOS, MSP, TOL, YHM). Sleep all day, rinse and repeat. Really, it's standard night freight stuff.
767 pax stuff is usually AMC, which goes to all the fun and exciting places the military goes. Can't be specific about it in public, but you can use your imagination. Some decent flying there, but I haven't done it in months.
1030L here in Asia...time for bed.