Originally Posted by
MFCC
I love the route, and a lot of crew feel the same! Empty flights, nice hotel, good pool, good weather, decent money and BA pay $60 towards your room bill which made it a cheap trip and a decent money earner. Food was a bit rubbish but no worse than the USA
. The last one I did had 17 total on the entire aircraft so not hugely surprising, although the cargo documents were always never ending which I think was the real money spinner.
Thanks, that answers my question why apparently the inbound arrives in the early morning only to sit there for almost 19 hours before departing again after midnight the next day. If cargo is the key driver, spending those hours loading lucrative freight is probably worth it.