Originally Posted by
Maggie Island
Didn’t QF parade around the fact that it had commenced some sort of super study with Monash university regarding ULH flying?
Not saying that AJs looking after anyone here, just want to know if theres any word from this??
The "study" to which you refer was in advance of the inaugural Perth London flight, during which data would be collected from "selected passengers".
Research design requires very specific sampling techniques.
This does not meet the benchmark.
A select group of passengers will wear medical research grade and clinically approved wearable devices that contain algorithms that record physical activity/sleep and posture changes. The devices will collect data throughout the entire flight.
Thus, one ought ask the University of Sydney about their research design, including how passengers were selected?
Also, in order to understand sample bias, it is pertinent to actually research before and after flight for an extended period.
Note that the crew are not included.
Note also that Little Napoleon wants longer TOD, yet it cannot be assumed that jet lag and long term health outcomes for operating crew are linear, they are not.
Qantas in "partnership" with the University is a simple code for "Qantas paid for this research"
As Sir Humphrey Appleby wisely lamented (paraphrasing) " One only has an enquiry, when it knows in advance what the answers will be"
https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/n...rtnership.html
Qantas need a new fleet.