Originally Posted by
das Uber Soldat
This conspiracy drivel being bandied about, that the pilots didn't know about or allow for the runway closure is one of the dumber failings of the pprune brains trust, and that's saying something.
Are you sure? The company retimed the return flight to 0315 local departure from Bali. The passengers were notified in advance by message. The passengers were at the gate. The crew arrived for the flight.
Perhaps the return crew did know, but assumed they had an exemption so didn't raise it. The inbound crew might have know, they did have a 40 min buffer, explains why they appeared to have considerable fuel also. They don't really care about what is happening on the return leg so why would you raise it with Ops, that is their problem.
The question remains did Ops know. Seems unlikely. I don't think the crew did anything wrong here.
If you think things are bad at Jetstar then you can officially call yourself an optimist, they are much worse.
That dial won't move unless the new CEO wants to make some tough calls with what is her Management Team. COO is issue number 1. Alan likely has a tight grip on all decision making so she is likely powerless, a broom is needed across the entire team.