Originally Posted by
Peabody17
So how’s it going to work with an airplane that can go 18, but a crew that can only do 16?
That was a problem on the first generation of long range airplanes at NJ. The airplane was capable of 14+ legs but, even with 3 pilots, the regs limited us to only 12 hours of flight time. Got to the point that we just re-positioned 2 pilot crews at a midway tech stop. Instead of doing Tokyo to Teterboro like the airplane was capable, we just did a swap in Anchorage.
Because of the regulations, the company will never be able to fully exploit the range of the Global 8000. It's just a marketing gimmick IMO.