Originally Posted by
NowCorporate
I don't think I ever said fly 12hrs without a relief pilot? We always take one on long trips. We usually have 1-2 pax only and a pilot "rests" in back. Many who have ditched the rest area have used a curtain design to corner off a rear seat. IMO it sucks, but again, Im just a pilot..I have used OEM rest areas and have "rested" in back - neither does a bit of good if you ask me...3 tired pilots instead of 2.
I never saw anything in insurance policies about relief pilots? thats a new one to me!
I dont know the BOW - its similar to all 7Xs out there. Our requirement was to come out being able to do full fuel, 6 pax + 4 crew, and we can.
All right well I could figure it out if u know your take off weight with that passenger load...
The plane has max fuel of 32,000lbs and MTOW of 69,000lbs... So i believe that BOW is supposed to include 3 crew. Assume 1400 lbs for the other 7 people and you're at 35,600lbs. For example.
By the way, I'm not trying to insult you at all ha I'm just fascinated by these planes and i find it really hard to get objective information. Most of the info freely available is manufacturers marketing material. Objective reports are usually private and cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. So I really appreciate the impressions that you post on this board. Dassault just delivered only it's 75th 7X, so there are only a couple hundred of you in the entire world (7X pilots).