Originally Posted by
Tom a Hawk
I’ve never crossed the pond as a pilot. But in the spirit of jetblue, I’ll take a stab at building a pairing without asking someone who has or reading our cba anyway! Using today’s block times for daddy D on the 76 and overlaying our current rigs.
Date Cities Report Out/In Block Duty
3/18 BOS-LHR 19:12 20:12-07:00 5:48 7:03
Layover 25:20
3/20 LHR-BOS 08:35 09:20-13:10 8:50 9:50
Duty 16:53 TAFB 42:13 Block 14:38 Credit 15:00
Now there might be complications to this such as earlier report times, longer flight times for the slow 321, augmented crews, multiple flights allowing different or longer layovers, etc. I don’t know, but neither do the people who will be building the pairings.
I’m not loving the idea of a 75 hr line with 15 days on and 10 atlantic crossings.
I think this is exactly what the SQ class pairings will look like at least initially. Once we get things under control operationally (hahah!!!) we might see another day or two added onto the trip with domestic flights to create more efficient staffing utilization.
I highly doubt the SQ pilots will be able to bid domestic trips in a monthly bid. They will likely be relegated to SQ-only pairings.
Honestly, I think it will be sucky flying without much variety.