Bazza,
Are you telling me that the tech crew would not have known how long the cabin crew had been working and how long their TOD would likely to be given the estimated delay?
Are you telling me the tech crew would not have been told of an estimated taxi time so that they can load sufficient fuel or do you guys just chuck a figure in the air and hope that will be enough?
If you have ever done a boarding(which I doubt) then you will know that the tech crew will be on the interphone every 2 minutes wanting to know when you can close the door.We might physically close the door but you guys tell us when.
The aircraft pushed back and taxied out for one reason only and both of us know what that was for or did the company and the tech crew just want to taxi the aircraft around JFK for a few hours for the fun of it.If the aircraft did not have sufficient fuel for the taxi and flight ,why did they push back or do you just hope that you have put on sufficient fuel and go for it?
That episode was a joke and if that was symptomatic of how each department cares for the other then we will never be able to protect our jobs from Darth and Basil Bow Tie.
Capt Fathom,
Do you think the company loads the underfloor crew rest on the way to say Mumbai and then leave it there because the return sector is under the required time.If that is the case there must be a heck of a lot of crew rests in various ports.
If the crew rest facility is loaded for the flight back why don't they enable it to be used?????