Originally Posted by
C17B74
Speaking of working harder or not... How long were your layovers on the 11 day trip? (Or, how many legs did you operate or dead head which paints a picture either way? Your next European trip has decent layovers and/or lots of operating legs? Just wondering. Thx!
To expand on flyguy’s post: Europe sort flying is busy. It’s go-go-go, get to hotel, sleep, eat, exercise, maybe quick minute for yourself, then right back at it. Don’t get to see much of the layovers, you only have a couple of hours at most. Usually fly back into cgn Fri night then off until sun night (mon am). Staying on US time zone is nice but you end up mentally tired out by the end of the week. The pace on the whale is way, way slower and you have ample breathing time even though you’re wiped from the circadian flips…
Also, Europe flying goes senior. Much less trickle down of EU trips to the junior as compared to Asia flying. I find the Asia flying easier for the most part as well.