Originally Posted by
Capt Colonial
I like the concept and the maths!
maybe better prescribed with Six Pilots
Couldn’t agree more. Just kinda making the point that even with 5 pilots they would all be doing 9ish hours in the seat. The talk of doing it with only 4 pilots would be ridiculously dangerous.
Even 6 pilots would be less then the 7 it currently takes to get the QF1 from Sydney to London every day.
Just trying to figure a way where company and pilots win re only operating with 4 and still be reasonably cost effective.
Hopefully somewhere during the 11 or 13 hour break in the my 5 crew scenario above the Landing Cpt and Fo would manage to get enough sleep to be safe at the end.
Having done a lot of ULR both at Qantas and Emirates I found it worked quite well at EK when before a duty you knew which break you would be on and be rested accordingly as opposed to Qf where you usually don’t. Yes didn’t always manage to sleep but it gave me the best chance. If Sunrise goes ahead then I think something similar would be necessary.
Cheers.