Originally Posted by
flitegirl
Thank you eidah for that information. In Aus. we are well aware of the 1:50 ratio used by the rest of the world. Australian operators are probably the safest in the world and as crew we would like to keep it that way. We are horrified at the thought of our legislators allowing us to go down the road of profits before safety!
Just because we have less crew on board that does not mean we are less safer then if we had more. I have found that when we do have extra crew they are just in the way.