regionalcap
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regionalcap said:Yes i know that. I was referreing to naps. Sorry for the miscommunication.
Soverytired said:Whaaa! Whaaa!
Mesa does a sh!t load of these things (surprise, surprise).
Basically, you start flying at 6pm, and fly a total of 4 legs until 0750 am. With a three-and-a-half hour "camping trip" in the back of the airplane in places like COS, SLC, EUG, MFR. Not too bad in the summer, but it gets mighty cold in the winter when the APU is busted. And OMFG, those lavs really start to stink after about 2.5 hrs on the ground.
Oh, and Edmonton. That one is really fun, because you can't sleep on the plane (have to go through Canadian customs), then wait 2 hours for U.S. Customs to open so you can get back to the plane. There's a nice observation lounge where you can push the chairs together and put a blanket over your head and it's like a little fort! Which is good, because if the airport cops see you, they'll chase you out (area for customers only).
Whee! We had so many complaints (from the TSA for non-SIDA badged personnel in a secure area i.e. us) and calls for fatigue (from us lazy crews), the company finally caved and got us a hotel room.
That is to say, ONE hotel room. For FOUR people. TO SHARE. I'm not kidding here, either. Complete strangers, mixed genders, and never closer than 30 minutes to the airport. For a 3.5 hr sit. Amazingly, since noone wanted to sleep with 3 strangers, these weren't used, and the company took that little "perk" away 2 weeks later.
So, uh, welcome to the future of the regional redeye. Mesa is once again leading the race (to the bottom).
At QX we used to do CDO's (Continuous Duty Overnights) on a regular basis. They usually had a show at about 2100 or so, one or two leg(s) to the overnight, spend about 5 hours at a hotel (yes, 1 person per room), then one or two leg(s) back to base the next morning.Soverytired said:...HOW CAN A CONTRACT BE WRITTEN TO AVOID 4-leg night flying SCHEDULES LIKE MESA'S?...
SPDBRD747400 said:Looks like ASA will have a redeye flight out of LAX to ZCL (Zacatecas, Mexico):
4305 0100 - 05:50 LAX-ZCL
4304 0900 - 10:10 ZCL-LAX
Wonder how they will treat this flight, will it be like a nap? Oh well, not a big fan of that kinda flying.
General Lee said:Wow, atleast we know you will NEVER apply to British Airways. Think of all of the allnight flights there flying back to LHR or LGW. Oh wait, you could always bid Europe on the A320.... Good choice if you don't like allnighters. Why don't you post an Easyjet A319 as your avatar?
Bye Bye--General Lee