Originally Posted by
L'il J.Seinfeld
I don't know for certain, but I would say that there is minimal difference between the schedules of Delta and UPS as it pertains to international flying. We are becoming more Honk Kong to Anchorage routes as opposed to Huntsville to Louisville. So pick your poison--international flying crossing multiple time zones, IMO, is harder on your body than flying at night domestically.
Last I knew, (so YES it may be different now), the pax airlines fly to an international destination from the US, layover, then return to the US. Most likely the same country a few times a month.
Different from our system a flight continues "around the world" with different crews every 6-12 hours. Different layover countries. The crews then layover for 24 hours waiting for the same flight the next day ... this is a simplistic example. I didn't even want to get into the whole "guest" FO lines.
But the point is, the cargo system is very different from pax and creates different schedules.
Anyone with experience in both care to elaborate ?