Originally Posted by
BlueAvi8tor
Sitting in a tube for a long time eating cake then one landing to a 96 hour layover in a 5 star resort isn’t even in the same universe as a two leg into MEM with a 1.5hr turn to a two leg out to a sht Hilton Garden Inn (repeated 3 days in a row) is hardly comparable. Amount of cargo flown isn’t worth discussing. It’s a meaningless metric to the crews up front.
That sounds amazing. Where do I sign up for that? Try sitting in a tube for a long time, trying to understand controllers, guessing which arrival you'll get, and laying over for 19-36 hours at a nice hotel but not a resort. Lots of our layovers now are around 20-24 hours with maybe one per trip being a 50 hour layover. Take a look at the 777 bid packs. It's exhausting. I was on the 75 before and it is so much less taxing physically and mentally. One circadian flip per week vs multiple per trip. Oh yeah, the catering is mostly just adequate to edible. If it paid the same I would bid back to domestic.