Originally Posted by
YEG USER
Just curious why there would be a need for lots of deadheading crews. DUB is already served by AC via rouge; they'll probably work out some sort of aircraft rotation where planes depart in YYZ and turn to YVR in DUB using crews that have stayed overnight in DUB (and something similar for the return). Also, on the YVR side rouge serves several destinations using 763's such as Hawaii and KIX. rouge would likely simply increase the size of their 763 base in YVR (my understanding is that rouge is scaling back/eliminating their base for 319's but their 763 base is still operational).
If it is a YVR crew that does the Friday flight YVR-DUB, then they either sit in a hotel until Tuesday or work the DUB-YYZ flight on Sunday. If they work the DUB-YYZ flight, the pairing would likely be over at that point and they'd deadhead YYZ-YVR. Unless the Rouge contract allows for crazy long pairings like YVR-DUB-YYZ-DUB-YVR, which would be require hotel rooms at a crew base (not ideal).
Same thing if YYZ based crew does the DUB-YVR flight, they'd most likely deadhead back to YYZ.