Originally Posted by parnel
Lets do another one then. How about YYZ/FCO? One pilot dead heads over because on the way back there is one hour more flying time(9 hours) and the contract provides for a rest period after 8 hours. Is that logical and productive. So ***** and moan but the facts remain. Life is too easy and you do not earn the money you make at the top end of the senioity ladder.
Of course it's logical. 8 hours is a long time to do any job without inturruption. Unless there's a magic pilot-making facility in FCO, I can't think of any other logical way to uphold a contract which AC and the pilots AGREED to. FWIW, there's a third pilot on all transat US flights - who gets a C seat.