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Mar 6, 2023 | 5:43 am

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Originally Posted by Magnum9

**I’m not a regular UA flyer so please excuse my ignorance**

Just flew BOS-LHR in Polaris and saw on EF seat 1A was blocked and inquired at check-in if I could switch. Agent said it could only be done at the gate. Politely asked Gate Agent if I could be reassigned 1A and she said that seat is reserved as a pilot crew rest seat. Shortly thereafter 3 Pilots boarded our flight.

Curious why UA uses 3 Pilots on a 76W for a 6-hour TATL *and* blocks a seat for them in J as a crew rest? So each pilot only has to fly 2-hours?

Do they do this so that set of Pilots can turn around and operate a return LHR-EWR/BOS/IAD so they don’t have to overnight them in London?

What am I missing?

You’re missing the fact it is 8+ hours block on the way from Europe back to the US. If augmented on one leg, it must be for both.

763 has 1A as designated crew rest seat with the curtain built into the closet to comply with the FAA rest certifications.

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