Originally Posted by
Chocks Away
Yes, many good points above, noting the sale of QF owned Airport Terminals and assets to boost the bottom line... temporarily but with four of Australia's Airports ranking in the World's Top Five Most Profitable Airports... you can guess what's going to happen now
This ULH from New York was a stitch-up, joke and exercise in self-flagellation also.
Why didn't they fly Sydney - New York... as any long haul pilot "worth their salt" knows that that's the harder sector!
East is least, West is best!
Happy Landings
what a load of crap.
Jfk to Syd is a couple of hours longer because of the prevailing westerly winds.
Syd JFK is hours of routine finalised with 20 minutes of chaos with 2 hrs extra fuel up your sleeve.
Jfk Syd is an unknown time of frustration taxing followed by hours of routine followed by 20’ of mystery as to which arrival routing eventuates with 2 hours less fuel and 2 hours more tour of duty.