Originally Posted by
T-Vasis
Dear me - this is getting a little precious. Lounge access is over the top. What do you need that for?
Yes, I guess it is a bit OTT. Just like home transport, industry standard crew rest facilities and adequate LOL insurance etc, etc, etc for mainline pilots!
Your viewpoint is obtuse.
It is a matter of fairness and parity (and costs so small to be absolutely irrelevant).
If a QF pilot and a JQ pilot are both paxing duty travel on a QF aircraft SYD-HNL to operate an aircraft back to SYD, why should the QF pilot get to relax in the lounge when the JQ pilot is barred from entry? It is just petty, bloody mindedness.
PG