Originally Posted by
aa73
On an interesting note, it seems like AA is the only airline that only uses one CA on super long haul, and three FOs. Most other airlines use 2 CAs and 2 FOs. Yet another concession, up where the sun don't shine!
United has always used 1 Captain and 2 or 3 F/Os depending on the scheduled flight time. I've done a number of JFK-HKG (scheduled 15:55) and JFK-NRT (scheduled 14:00) as the Captain with three rated F/Os.
The extra F/Os are used on all segments, that is no deadhead or 1/2 pay if one of the crossings doesn't actually require the extra pilot.