PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7750 posts, RR: 26 Reply 3, posted (9 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 6698 times:
my quick reference source is "As time flies" The history of LH, published at zthe 50th anniversary of the new LH in 2005.
Interesting point, my first trip to the Far East in 1980 was on LH FRA-ATH-KHI-BKK, the exact routing of the SYD service ( I continued a couple of days later to SIN) , that servoice was flown by D10.
flylku From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 721 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 5496 times:
So were the Flight Engineers on these routes also A&Ps? I can imagine that a mechanical along the way would be a challenge. Not that the stations on route would not have mechanics, but having your own to oversee the work and sign off on the paperwork etc. I can imagine would be a big help. Did they do anything special on these long international "milk runs' to handle MX problems?
gemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 5216 posts, RR: 6 Reply 5, posted (9 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 5204 times:
Quoting flylku (Reply 4): So were the Flight Engineers on these routes also A&Ps?
Not sure specifically about LH but most flight engineers on the Kangaroo Route were from countries where ALL flight engineers were the local equivalent of A&Ps. Those from Australia, UK, Netherlands, India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore certainly were, not sure about France, Germany & Japan.
zkeoj From New Zealand, joined Feb 2005, 923 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (9 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 4641 times:
Quoting PanHAM (Reply 1): Must have been a 2 week trip for the crew.
I can imagine even (significantly) longer. I flew LH FRA-BKK-SYD in 1990, and the F/A then told me it was a 2-week trip for them. The two legs above, then the add-on to MEL on a separate day, then they dead-headed to DPS, and flew back from there (not sure if that was standard though, or if they flew back MEL-SYD-BKK-FRA as standard)...
airevents From Germany, joined Jan 2002, 810 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (9 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1909 times:
For most of the time (at least when the 747 flew it), it was a 21-day trip for the crew. Any older flight attendant with LH will happily tell you about it....
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