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What’s in a brand? Ruminations on Virgin Australia and Qantas | Australian Aviation Magazine
Article is ok at best, but the comment quoted below from a pilot I found very interesting.
I believe QF might call this lowering their cost base?
Article is ok at best, but the comment quoted below from a pilot I found very interesting.
Fatigue: let me explain to you the difference between “Legal” and “Safe”. in Qantas when we fly from Japan to Australia we are always 3 crew, proper rest is assured for each pilot in a proper bunk. In Jetstar they operate 2 crew, no rest facility and legally both pilots must remain in their seats except for toilet stops. No body wants to crash at the other end so what frequently happens is that one pilot rolls up his coat and sleeps on the floor whilst the other watches the aircraft!
Every day on these routes we dodge massive thunderstorms and the types of conditions the felled the Air France AF447 Airbus last year in the South Atlantic, this is hard to do when one pilot is asleep on the floor if the other one nods off in his seat because it is 4.30am and no one is there to watch him. The reason why we have not had a problem so far is that the australian Jetstar pilots, irrespective of working crazy rostering policies, are good australian operators. How would this situation play out when a Qantas Asia or Jetstar Singapore crew consisting of a Mexican Captain and a inexperienced Malaysian First officer play out?
I believe QF might call this lowering their cost base?