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Ionosphere wrote:Did UA fly LHR-DEL on the 747? I thought it was only operated by the 763
eta unknown wrote:Then many years ago AZ had a strange set up where crew could volunteer to be based in BKK for 6 months and the only flying they did was BKK-SYD-MEL (1 or 2 nights)-BKK while the Rome based crews flew FCO-BKK-FCO.
a36001 wrote:In regards to Qantas for example who allow international crew transfers, if a Oz based FA wants to relocate from say MEL base to LHR base and is married, does the airline assist in visas etc for both people or is the partner/spouse left to arrange this themselves? What if they can't get a visa for the UK?
RainerBoeing777 wrote:United has reduced too much in London Heathrow (LHR), in 2000 it had more flights and capacity that today has been drastically reduced, while Delta and American have gained capacity and frequencies
https://airlineroutes.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/s00-ua/
dcajet wrote:quiet1 wrote:eagles94 wrote:
Well I didn’t think the process of someone transferring from a US Base would be as simple as just packing up and moving over
Actually it is pretty much as simple as just packing up and moving over. There are out-of-the-norm cases, like if UA closes a domicile and the F/A chooses to accept an involuntary transfer (versus resigning) there are some temporary provisions to provide assistance at the new domicile, but for anybody hired in, or voluntarily transferring to, a foreign domicile UA has no role in providing accommodations.
So, no UK working visa is needed? They just commute there and fly out of LHR then? I know this is ancient history by now, but when Pan Am transferred a US-based flight attendant to its London base, they needed a UK work visa (my Godmother was in the SFO base in the mid 70s and transferred there).
eagles94 wrote:MIflyer12 wrote:eagles94 wrote:Do UA Crews based in London get provided with accommodation or hotac? Or do they have to pay the extortionate London prices for themselves.
Why would they? Does UA pay for EWR/SFO rooms for EWR/SFO-based crew?
Well I didn’t think the process of someone transferring from a US Base would be as simple as just packing up and moving over
RyanairGuru wrote:a36001 wrote:In regards to Qantas for example who allow international crew transfers, if a Oz based FA wants to relocate from say MEL base to LHR base and is married, does the airline assist in visas etc for both people or is the partner/spouse left to arrange this themselves? What if they can't get a visa for the UK?
Not sure about the likes of United, but Qantas do not support Australian crew relocating to an overseas base. If an Australian flight attendant wants to be LHR based they need to resign, organise their own British visa, and be rehired on a UK contract.
RyanairGuru wrote:a36001 wrote:In regards to Qantas for example who allow international crew transfers, if a Oz based FA wants to relocate from say MEL base to LHR base and is married, does the airline assist in visas etc for both people or is the partner/spouse left to arrange this themselves? What if they can't get a visa for the UK?
Not sure about the likes of United, but Qantas do not support Australian crew relocating to an overseas base. If an Australian flight attendant wants to be LHR based they need to resign, organise their own British visa, and be rehired on a UK contract.
smi0006 wrote:mats wrote:Air New Zealand also has a London/Heathrow crew base.
The carriers must be doing the math about recruitment, staffing coverage, taxes, unions, benefits, etc.
NZ LHR crew only operate LHR-LAX
QF crews operate all the way to AU; LHR-PER, and LHR-SIN-MEL/SYD. QF also has an AKL base and they fly ever where from Asia, to JNB, to JFK... not sure the Kiwis to LHR though.
Jetstar 787 crew are mostly offshore based - with only the CSM being AU based. BKK, Phuket based,NRT base. Thai crew will often operate some lengthy 8-12 day trips HKT-MEL-HNL-MEL-DPS-MEL-HKT some really rough conditions too.
How would the UA ratio of mixing crews be? 2-3 offshore majority onshore? Or 50/50 or no set ratio?
dcajet wrote:eta unknown wrote:Then many years ago AZ had a strange set up where crew could volunteer to be based in BKK for 6 months and the only flying they did was BKK-SYD-MEL (1 or 2 nights)-BKK while the Rome based crews flew FCO-BKK-FCO.
AZ had a similar arrangement for its deep South America routes back in the 80s. Italy-based crews would fly FCO-GIG-FCO (GRU was not operational yet). The GIG-EZE-GIG or GIG-EZE-SCL-EZE-GIG was flown with GIG & EZE based crews, transferred from Italy for 6 months. Iberia also had cabin crews based at EZE for 6 months/1 year to do the EZE-SCL-EZE segment 4 times/week in the 80s. The MAD base would only do the daily MAD-EZE-MAD rotation. Iberia called this arrangement "tripulacion destacada en Buenos Aires".