Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Jetstar are heading into their usual cycle of having too many pilots to not having enough pilots. Melbourne based F/O's are always doing 5 night stays in Newcastle and Cairns to cover the flying. The F/O's going to QF are not being replaced so expect to see cancellations as a regular event. The new rostering system starts in September and is touted as the answer to the problem but it will just create new problems as there is a lot more paxing involved, and we all know how well the airlines can maintain their schedules with ATC and weather delays.
QF will stop recruiting from September and SOs transitioning to A320 F/O will plug the gaps. How many F/Os have actually gone to Qantas this year? 10-15? Not huge numbers.
Have a a look at the September pairings. I think you’ll find there is actually a lot less paxing. For example on the ZQN trip we would always operate 2 domestic sectors then pax back to Melbourne (or vice versa) on day 2 of the trip. The September pairings have the crew operate each sector back to home base, which is a positive as I don’t think anyone particularly enjoys paxing.
The original document that was leaked a month or 2 ago appears to have been a furphy as it bares very little resemblance to the September pairings.