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Re:British Airways pilots ground planes in unprecedented 48-... by bronco21016 on Monday September 09, 2019 @05:33AM (#20916586)
The 80 hrs/month figure is really more related to pay. Pilots and cabin crew typically are only paid for the time the door is closed on the aircraft. Real hours spent at work and away from home are far greater. I think measuring by days away from home is a more accurate description of how much flight crew work. It depends a lot on where one works and the type of flying they’re doing but it ranges from 12-18 days/month of being on the road working.

Flight benefits vary as well but they’re almost always space available and with load factors in the US creeping upwards the value in those benefits has slowly been eroding away. Hard to plan a vacation when you have almost no idea when you’ll get there.

Re:British Airways pilots ground planes in unprecedented 48-... by privateSFacct on Monday September 09, 2019 @01:04PM (#20919967)
Agreed on flight benefits in US. If flying alone can JS, but with family that doesn't work. Wasn't sure if the Euro market had more standby availability.

That said, pilot pay goes up to about $400/hr at Delta as an example including profit share.