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About SR/SN Flights To Kinshasa  
User currently offlineAvion From Bouvet Island, joined May 1999, 2205 posts, RR: 8
Posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1138 times:

It may be a silly question but do the crews of these flights stay in congo or do they immediately fly back as passengers. The replacement crew would come from the huge crew bank in the back of the Md11s that fly to Kinshasa.

Avion

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User currently offlineTeahan From Belgium, joined Nov 1999, 5266 posts, RR: 63
Reply 1, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1082 times:

They stay there. I am pretty sure. It is against SRs policy to have crews on flight for the return because of jetlag and lack of rest. Anyway it is nearly cheaper to have them stay ina hltel instead of using the seats.
Being on the plane would be considered as "on duty" anyway!

Jeremiah Teahan


Goodbye SR-LX MD-11 / 6th of March 1991 to the 31st of October 2004
User currently offlineAvion From Bouvet Island, joined May 1999, 2205 posts, RR: 8
Reply 2, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1075 times:

I was thinking about teh war in congo. Arent these flight attendants in danger? I know SR suspended flights to Kinshasa during the rebels assault to the city.
For what is these crew bank then? It easily occupies the space of 30 seats.


Avion

User currently offlineTeahan From Belgium, joined Nov 1999, 5266 posts, RR: 63
Reply 3, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1074 times:

A 30 seat crew bank on the back of the MD11.  
I never haerd of that before. 

Jeremiah Teahan


Goodbye SR-LX MD-11 / 6th of March 1991 to the 31st of October 2004
User currently offlineAvion From Bouvet Island, joined May 1999, 2205 posts, RR: 8
Reply 4, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1069 times:

Believe me. It is huge. I believe they only have it in one MD11. It is equal to those which will be found on the new 777x.

Avion

User currently offlineSabenaA320 From Belgium, joined Nov 1999, 113 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1065 times:

The SNflight makes a stopover in Kinshasa so they don't stay in Kinshasa. The final stop is in Luanda, I believe. So they don't have to stay there during the war.

Greetings
Ralf

User currently offlineTeahan From Belgium, joined Nov 1999, 5266 posts, RR: 63
Reply 6, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1059 times:

What do you mean by a crew bank anyway?
SR have a 8 bed crewrest on every flight!

Jeremiah Teahan




Goodbye SR-LX MD-11 / 6th of March 1991 to the 31st of October 2004
User currently offlineZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5544 posts, RR: 40
Reply 7, posted (13 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1045 times:

The SR flight to Kinshasa (SR 276) stops in Yaoundé. I think they perhaps change crew in Yaoundé. First crew makes ZRH - Yaoundé, second Yaoundé - Kinshasa - Yaoundé. In this case the crews have to stay in Yaoundé and not in Kinshasa. I don't know if this would be better.
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