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04-19-2007, 12:16 PM
#12
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I believe some training routes will be flown. But, I suspect that the folks at HKG are pretty familiar with the 777. Sometimes, I feel like the little C402 on the ramp in the MD11! 
Is there such a category as a "light triple"?
Is there such a category as a "light triple"?
04-19-2007, 01:08 PM
#14
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Joined APC: May 2005
Position: FDX MD11 Capt in MEM
Posts: 885
Originally Posted by Precontact
Wonder if you guys will do some "route proving" flights with the first 777s to arrive. Get the ground folks familiar with the planes. That would be a good time to be flying the 777!
Those flights will be reserved for our "best" pilots. ie. Those who have never, or rarely fly the line.
04-19-2007, 02:21 PM
#15
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Triple Capt
Posts: 608
MEM-HKG-MEM would be a 'good' trip.....
A few months ago coming from ALA-CDG, a CAL 777 passed over us around something-stan in central asia. I asked if they were FRA-PVG or something and the guy said "No, EWR-DEL....."
Ouch. A criminal pairing really if you think about it.
I could see that trip DEFINITELY in a MEM777 bid pack.
A few months ago coming from ALA-CDG, a CAL 777 passed over us around something-stan in central asia. I asked if they were FRA-PVG or something and the guy said "No, EWR-DEL....."
Ouch. A criminal pairing really if you think about it.
I could see that trip DEFINITELY in a MEM777 bid pack.
04-19-2007, 05:03 PM
#16
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: MD-11 Captain
Posts: 4,304
Originally Posted by Liftr
I did a little quick ciphering on that trip.
Assume 17 hours of block each way. 17x2=34 (public math)
To fit the MEM sort times... Launch at 0900Z..fly,sleep,eat, for 17 hours. Land at 0200Z.
Layover for 34 hours...Launch at 1200Z...fly,sleep,eat for 17 hours and arrive back at the planet 0500Z.
34 hours of pay for 68 hours TAFB. = Time for a new hobby!
Assume 17 hours of block each way. 17x2=34 (public math)
To fit the MEM sort times... Launch at 0900Z..fly,sleep,eat, for 17 hours. Land at 0200Z.
Layover for 34 hours...Launch at 1200Z...fly,sleep,eat for 17 hours and arrive back at the planet 0500Z.
34 hours of pay for 68 hours TAFB. = Time for a new hobby!
Which also means that 3 of those trips/month would pay 102 hrs for only 9 days work ... Sign me up, I bet it goes VERY SENIOR!
Regards,
Mark
04-19-2007, 06:22 PM
#17
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Joined APC: May 2006
Posts: 2,889
You guys would gleefully accept getting @ss raped in prison for 3 days straight if the trip rig was high enough.
Money doesn't make it not suck. It just means your wife spends more money while you spend 3 days as a zombie coming back to E/C/M/P DT....
Money doesn't make it not suck. It just means your wife spends more money while you spend 3 days as a zombie coming back to E/C/M/P DT....
Last edited by Albief15; 04-19-2007 at 08:16 PM.
04-19-2007, 07:45 PM
#18
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,680
Originally Posted by MaydayMark
Which also means that 3 of those trips/month would pay 102 hrs for only 9 days work ... Sign me up, I bet it goes VERY SENIOR!
Regards,
Mark
Regards,
Mark
04-19-2007, 08:18 PM
#19
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
Which also means that 3 of those trips/month would pay 102 hrs for only 9 days work ... Sign me up, I bet it goes VERY SENIOR!
3 Pacific double-pumps a month? Time to break out the "hammock mod" vs. drooling on the futon...
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