Reality Chick is big on grandiose sweeping statements but is always lacking providing any data or facts. I’ve yet to see any solid data to rebute the facts Rated D has provided. Debate is always healthy but it’s a shame that a counterfactual from Reality Chick is so lacking in any detail.
Qantas International returned its cost of capital and made record profits prior to 787 introduction.
The extra flying on the 787 comes entirely from losing the protection of night credits. Something that was implemented a long time ago that was health related and not pay related. It will be interesting to monitor the long term health of 787 crews once the base establishment has stabilised, fleet has arrived, training has reduced and slip times reduce to normal.
When reality Chick sleeps in he, she or it’s bed every night, eats in the correct time zone, enjoys some Sushi and a latte in the street at the Proper time I suppose it’s easy to be critical. If you hate pilots so much and troll this website I suppose factual arguments are irrelevant.
Or perhaps is a management pilot who plays office dress ups and flies at times of he, she or it’s choosing in a rank, base and category grossly ahead of ones seniority.
Suppose it would be easy for some to be critical if your morals had a monetary value and got paid bonuses/KPIs to sell out your co workers and undermine the profession.
More likely to be someone who is resentful of pilots and contract protections without making the sacrifices to actually enter the profession or actually perform or have performed the work oneself.
You see few office staff including pilot management working regular night shifts. Its a ghost town come Christmas, Easter or holiday time.
Medical reasearch and data continue to illuminate the dangers of night shift work and jet lag.
Dont suspect the CEO on 30 million or David Andrew on 13 million would care about crew health other than send out an R U OK email once a year and tick a box.
The CAOs empower pilots alone of their ability and legal responsibilities to NOT operate or EXPECT to operate fatigued. Multiple night sectors are more fatiguing than day as any PILOT will acknowledge.
Pilots must take steps to manage fatigue risk, including the possible decision not to operate an aircraft if they feel that they are unfit as a result of fatigue, or likely to become so (paragraph 16.1 of CAO 48.1)
A lifetime of extra night sectors each and every bid period till retirement(increasingly likely to be medically) may result in pilots having to comply with their legal responsibilities now that the protection has been lost for the 787 fleet alone.