Originally Posted by
hayzel7773
For destinations with no cargo-only service, the crew stay there for the whole week. It is very boring but the crew understand, many have gone through SARS which decimated Taiwan. BR is adjusting per-diem to account for higher prices on room service.
For destinations with cargo-only service, they need the FA onboard to act as the fire suppression system for the cabin cargo.
My understanding is that each flight is different and can vary week to week. Some to indeed stay the whole week. I heard that some long-haul flights are turnaround where outbound crew is PNC on the return, so I guess they would have double crew onboard. This is also the case with some of the cargo-only flights.
On a side note, it seems like the cargo-only flights usually have a male FA because some of the females were worried about flying with 5 pilots.