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05-16-2016 | 11:58 AM
#11
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From: 747
Bubba you mention the Contract...Your fault you don't make them abide by it as it seems you aren't too well versed in it.
A 16 hour flight will exceed an 18 hour Duty Day. !8 hours is max per the contract.
Next time you are looking at the situation ( and I did it almost every month from DXB/BAH for at least 3 years ) here's the way it goes:
- Nope, that flight is over 18 hours duty.
- Send me through ( London, Amsterdam, Paris ) with the connecting flight the next day and give me Crew Rest ( min. 11 hrs. ) in between.
- Arrive home the next day ( one day late ) without the 22 + hour marathon.
- Day Trade that day and go out the next rotation a day later.
No days off are lost, you arrive home somewhat rested, and you don't have to run a 22 hour marathon and feel like a zombie for 3 days.
Done. Problem solved.
D.S.
P.S. - If you HAVE to be home on your last day ( 25th Anniversary, Daughter's Wedding, Graduation etc. etc. which is just poor planning to begin with..) , start the above process a day or two earlier. Also, DXB-AMS is the best option, a nice A-380 ride on Emirates and then try and catch a Connie Bird Home from AMS-JFK.
A 16 hour flight will exceed an 18 hour Duty Day. !8 hours is max per the contract.
Next time you are looking at the situation ( and I did it almost every month from DXB/BAH for at least 3 years ) here's the way it goes:
- Nope, that flight is over 18 hours duty.
- Send me through ( London, Amsterdam, Paris ) with the connecting flight the next day and give me Crew Rest ( min. 11 hrs. ) in between.
- Arrive home the next day ( one day late ) without the 22 + hour marathon.
- Day Trade that day and go out the next rotation a day later.
No days off are lost, you arrive home somewhat rested, and you don't have to run a 22 hour marathon and feel like a zombie for 3 days.
Done. Problem solved.
D.S.
P.S. - If you HAVE to be home on your last day ( 25th Anniversary, Daughter's Wedding, Graduation etc. etc. which is just poor planning to begin with..) , start the above process a day or two earlier. Also, DXB-AMS is the best option, a nice A-380 ride on Emirates and then try and catch a Connie Bird Home from AMS-JFK.
Last edited by Dead Serious; 05-16-2016 at 12:20 PM.
05-16-2016 | 01:17 PM
#12
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 56
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From: C-130
Bubba you mention the Contract...Your fault you don't make them abide by it as it seems you aren't too well versed in it.
A 16 hour flight will exceed an 18 hour Duty Day. !8 hours is max per the contract.
Next time you are looking at the situation ( and I did it almost every month from DXB/BAH for at least 3 years ) here's the way it goes:
- Nope, that flight is over 18 hours duty.
- Send me through ( London, Amsterdam, Paris ) with the connecting flight the next day and give me Crew Rest ( min. 11 hrs. ) in between.
- Arrive home the next day ( one day late ) without the 22 + hour marathon.
- Day Trade that day and go out the next rotation a day later.
No days off are lost, you arrive home somewhat rested, and you don't have to run a 22 hour marathon and feel like a zombie for 3 days.
Done. Problem solved.
D.S.
P.S. - If you HAVE to be home on your last day ( 25th Anniversary, Daughter's Wedding, Graduation etc. etc. which is just poor planning to begin with..) , start the above process a day or two earlier. Also, DXB-AMS is the best option, a nice A-380 ride on Emirates and then try and catch a Connie Bird Home from AMS-JFK.
A 16 hour flight will exceed an 18 hour Duty Day. !8 hours is max per the contract.
Next time you are looking at the situation ( and I did it almost every month from DXB/BAH for at least 3 years ) here's the way it goes:
- Nope, that flight is over 18 hours duty.
- Send me through ( London, Amsterdam, Paris ) with the connecting flight the next day and give me Crew Rest ( min. 11 hrs. ) in between.
- Arrive home the next day ( one day late ) without the 22 + hour marathon.
- Day Trade that day and go out the next rotation a day later.
No days off are lost, you arrive home somewhat rested, and you don't have to run a 22 hour marathon and feel like a zombie for 3 days.
Done. Problem solved.
D.S.
P.S. - If you HAVE to be home on your last day ( 25th Anniversary, Daughter's Wedding, Graduation etc. etc. which is just poor planning to begin with..) , start the above process a day or two earlier. Also, DXB-AMS is the best option, a nice A-380 ride on Emirates and then try and catch a Connie Bird Home from AMS-JFK.
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