Originally Posted by
contrails
That's a great rundown of the domestic stuff there, thanks for digging that up or posting it from scratch, whichever the case may be.
If I can tack on another question to this thread even though I didn't start it -- I'm curious as to what a sample round-the-world style trip looks like, such as those on the MD-11 at FDX/UPS/Gemini/World, B-747 at Kalitta, DC-8 at ATI etc.
I'm wondering how long or short some of the layovers are, how many legs per day are flown if more than one, if it is at all possible to stay +/- 6 hours to one's home time zone on a typical trip, good layover cities, bad layover cities, etc. Thanks if anyone can put a sample schedule up.
Kalitta Sample:
Company ticket from resident airport to EWR (layover). EWR-LGG(Blegium) 24 hour layover, LGG-BAH(Bahrain) 24-48 hour layover, BAH-HKG(Pt 91) 2-4 day layover, HKG-UHHH(Russia)-ANC 24-36 hr layover, do either ANC-LAX-ANC turns or ANC-ORD-JFK and then maybe a New York-Europe turns. Out for 17 days then company baught ticket home. Typical around the world line. If on reserve, you could sit at any of these for a few days and pick up trips and AD HOC's/charters as they come.