Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I am glad to see that they are still PIC typing you guys. I know we were going to do SA turns with a relief pilot, but to date they have not done it. That is one program I am not too familiar with.
Funny thing is I talked to a 73N FO that stated that he had not been typed on his last PC.
No turns are planned with a relief pilot. The Company has refused to install a crew rest seat on the aircraft and the union will not bend on allowing a standard first class seat. With the history of poor rest facilities on Delta aircraft the union feels that a exemption for the 800 to use a standard first class seat would set a precedent the company would try and exploit in other international ops.
Because of the above all turns on the 757, 737-800 are dual crewed. One crew deadheads down and flies back while the other does the opposite.