Originally Posted by
bhdcommuter
Sorry for the confusion, never having had the pleasure of operating the 78 trip to JNB, I thought it was the one night like on the 747. To clarify, the 787 crews doing the LHR-DUR-JNB-LHR do indeed get 2 nights down in JNB, however pickup is quite early in the morning so I wouldn't call it a full night's sleep
Right. Thanks. So they get to sleep for the two nights before, and also the night following the flight, which still seems like a much better deal that their A380 colleagues who have to work one night, sleep one, and work the next one again.