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Old 19th May 2005 | 07:46
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cavelino rampante
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A few facts amongst all the sensationalist dross thats appeared on this thread

QR is JAR compliant and flights NEVER depart Doha without the minimum of 1 SEP trained cabin crew member per 50 passengers. These rules were formulated by the very European goverments you want to report QR to. Thousands of Low Cost Flights depart and arrive all over Europe with minimum cabin crew on board every hour of every day, whats your problem?, want to report all of them as well.

Yes it is undesirable to have non SEP trained personal on board, a lot of people are not happy about it, but its not illegal and a temporary measure by all accounts.

As regards flight time limitations QR follows to the letter UK CAA CAP 371 FTL's, so again I really dont know what the problem is. The Friday Osaka - Doha sector is operated in part by a cruise commander because its required by UK yes UK regulations. The guys operating as cruise commanders on this sector are all senior F/O's experianced on type and generally well regarded as good operators within the airline. The other 3 Osaka sectors dont need inflight relief as the report times mean that the jumpseat pilot covers the UK yes UK regulations that we follow.

Yes we all get off the aircraft tired after a longhaul sector but dosent every other longhaul pilot in the world get off the aircraft feeling the same

Dont get me wrong, there are a lot things at QR that could be better, get rid of the CEO for a start, but coming on here inferring that QR flightcrews accept aircraft "WITH A COMPLETE LACK OF SAFETY ON BOARD", comparing a legal operation to that of an airline banned from UK airspace, is highly insulting, highly unprofessional and Paddy you really should know better.
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