Crewing question
I occasionally fly AKL/PER. Its been a daily service for some years and from what I understand the operating crew stay overnight in PER before operating back to AKL the following evening. Its currently operated by B777. There is now an additional 2 x weekly B787 flights. With a schedule like that, would the 787 crew operating AKL/PER then deadhead back to AKL on the same aircraft or would they stay overnight and deadhead back to AKL on the following nights B777 flight? Just wondering what the award would allow versus keeping hotel stays to a minimum. I'm sure the days of multi day hotel stays are long gone if they can be avoided.