Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[milehighclub]

Wonder if Qantas are just going to send QPK and QPL wherever suits best operationally rather than just to Singapore and Honolulu.

Unlike the pilots, the cabin crew have to be trained and endorsed on it so it can’t just go anywhere as there is a separate pool of crew who have done the training.

 

[vhojm]

Unlike the pilots, the cabin crew have to be trained and endorsed on it so it can’t just go anywhere as there is a separate pool of crew who have done the training.

That’s all good and well and true but it didn’t stop them from sending the plane to Manila randomly for a week

 

[Saab34]

What’s the Cabin Crew training? Computer stuff or do they need to complete a flight under the direction of a trainer?

 

[milehighclub]

That’s all good and well and true but it didn’t stop them from sending the plane to Manila randomly for a week

It’s not random. It’s also planned for MNL as part of the rotation but not daily.

 

[milehighclub]

What’s the Cabin Crew training? Computer stuff or do they need to complete a flight under the direction of a trainer?

Cabin crew have to go in to do emergency training as some of the equipment is different. It’s only half a day but because of this, it’s an endorsement. This is why the aircraft will stick to certain routes because the crew need to be endorsed. That list might change but it wouldn't happen overnight. Now that being said whilst any 330 route can’t become a AY one randomly, the reverse is true, so an AY flight can become normal QF metal.