Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
Flying long haul routes like transpacific or Europe-Western US, 10k miles is less than one RT, and IRROPS are uncommon on these routes, at least IME. .
Originally Posted by
TravelerMSY
Irops are pretty directly related to how late in the day you fly. Compare flying only at 5am on a nonstop vs. evening flights with a connection or two and you'll see a big difference
I must be particularly unlucky
I've had 5 IRROPs in the past few years: one was long haul (SIN to ZRH) and two were early morning flights (of which one was due to fog at LCY). The other two occasions (LH and LX) were admittedly late, intra-Europe flights, but both overnight and one made me miss half of Christmas!
To the OP - for your stats, I have on average I have an IRROP once every 30k. I don't count segments, but I fly an even mix of short and long haul on almost exclusively *A.