Originally Posted by
Down and Welded
…...The challenges visited by COVID on flight crew recency-of-experience notwithstanding, operational checklists have to stand for something, and if the SLF cannot rely on our storied Qantas aircrew to treat checklists seriously, then who can they have confidence in?
One crew on one aircraft overlooked a checklist item; hardly a reason to lose confidence in the entire crew cohort of Qantas or any other airline that has an ATSB report published about a single, relatively non-critical omission. Not ideal but airlines like Qantas and the manufacturers of the aircraft have numerous lines of defence to cover omissions, ramping up as the error becomes more critical.
Most reputable airlines are ensuring that crew returning from long Covid induced lay-offs are trained to the pre-Covid standard, albeit with unavoidably less recent line operational experience.