Have a safe trip. As far as your experience, live and learn. When I got senior enough I got the coveted one day 9+ hour Caribbean IRO turn. Top of climb, before I left the cockpit, the FO (pilot monitoring) said he was going back for his rest. Four hours of radio calls later, at top of descent, FO comes back up for the descent and landing. Hmm. On the way back, top of climb, before I left the cockpit, the captain (pilot monitoring) said he was going back for his rest. Four hours of radio calls later, at top of descent, captain comes back up for the descent and landing. Needless to say when I got home I was wasted. Last time I ever bid IRO.I wasn't clear enough, 2.0 for him, 1.5 for SIC, which once again, I wouldn't mind, just don't tell me 117 requires this.
Just go ahead, say I am a wus, and I am going back to nap. I'll say cool, have the FAs bring me some coffee, problem solved.
Have a nice day, off to Europe
That's it. I'll never forgot those two as a long as I fly. The captain hit 60 and had to retire before the rule changed. Sadly, I was delighted about that. The FO was a secret agent (wore nondescript black windbreaker whenever possible so as to not be recognized as a pilot) and listed his first name on the company intranet as simply an an initial, which propagated to his company ID so no one knew his real name. Even wore the wrap around blackout sunglasses inside. He was Mr Cool from top to bottom and has disappeared into the 10,000+ pilots of a merged airline.
Well, to be honest, I guess on the one post I was giving you s--t, in sarcasm, but I expected you to call me names for it too since I deserved it! We've all suffered under some strange characters and the only good lesson to take from it is to try not to be that way when the roles are reversed.
