Originally Posted by XHooker

Which routes did we use IROs on the DC-10? Were they all in the Pacific? 12 hours in the DC-10 and you're sweating fuel over destination. I did EWR-GRU and we sure could have used an IRO on that (though technically less than 12 hours). Also, the requirement for an IRO to be a captain went away soon after the implementation of Contract 97.