Originally Posted by
tartare
My apologies.
I didn't realise.
Summary of main points:
Three flights over the next three months.
About a sixth the usual number of passengers and crew on board
Captain Lisa Norman in command
78 likely to use 40 per cent less fuel than historic 74
40 passengers and crew on what is private flight.
Qantas using the new cloud-based Constellation system, to analyse millions of pieces of data and recommend flight tracks.
Airline has a huge amount of information about the route from A380s.
Headwinds stronger coming out of JFK into LAX and then over the Pacific light and variable
Getting closer to Australia hits jetstream headwinds.
Running different routes to see what is the most optimised
Stay high track straight across US passing between San Francisco and Los Angeles and then cut down over Hawaii.
Or head as far south as New Mexico.
As everyone will be in biz class nose-heavy load affects pitch and increases fuel burn.
TOW 235 tonnes, 19 tonnes under MTOW.
Takeoff middle of next month - crew based in NYC for four days to acclimatise.
Melatonin and cognitive ability to be monitored.
Is that what is proposed as scientific proof?
Management pilot? Management crew? for three flights with 40 hand picked passengers..
Sounds like sufficient sampling with a sample size of three. Each event a month apart, with hand picked crew and passengers.
That ought satisfy an inept regulator that there is "real science" supporting long term health impacts.
If that is what the line crew fly, then fantastic, a month in New York is a real bonus.
40 passengers makes for superior and seamless service in all cabins.
/sarc
One might hope the cabin crew and pilot union reject out of hand the "data" it is unadulterated marketing BS.