Originally Posted by
Winged Wheeler
Pardon my domestic ignorance. When you have a double crew on a long flight like this do you just have 4, or is there an IRO, or are there 2 IROs?
WW
Normally anything over eight hours of scheduled flight, two man crew plus an IRO. Anything over twelve hours, two crews plus rest facilities on the aircraft. Certain airlines have negotiated their own rest/crew rules for certain flights.