FILE PHOTO: Two Qantas Airways Airbus A330 aircraft can be seen on the tarmac near the domestic terminal at Sydney Airport in Australia, November 30, 2017. “Obviously being up the front end, (the pilots) are doing some work.”Managing fatigue is a serious issue for airlines globally, and CASA is overseeing a new data-driven fatigue risk-management system at Qantas. Joyce said he hoped for an agreement this year.“AIPA is supportive of the commercial benefits that may flow to Qantas in being able to operate these long premium routes with minimal competition,” Sedgwick said. Crew can rest in bunks.But the Australian airline uses one captain, one first officer and two second officers. Second officers are paid less, can fly only at cruising altitudes and cannot take off or land.Hodson said Qantas did not necessarily need to put two captains and two first officers on each flight.

Source: Egypt Today May 01, 2019 00:00 UTC