Yeah sorry, I made a typo and mispelled Quaintus. It appears to me you have a bone to pick with Qantas or Aussie aviation in general. At least the regulatory authority in OZ made the effort to look into one of the most significant contributors to accidents. AND, they came up with the right conclusions. Even so, there is no research into long term health effects of pilots flying crazy schedules.
My entire point, is that in the past, EK at least gave a reasonable number of 'OFF' days for a pilot to recover. NOW THAT IS GONE !!. EK has more ULH and long haul than Qantas, plus we go East and West at the whim of rostering. There is absolutely no regard for safety or our health. There are reasons that EK does not consider Safety and that is because they have been lucky so far to have such good pilots, and there has not been an accident attributable to fatigue. THIS WILL CHANGE. I hope i'm wrong though.
Mark my words, fatigue and discontent amongst the pilot group will signal the eventual decline of this airline. It all boils down to idiots in management. ED is a joke, with an obvious lifetime membership to the Republican party. TCAS is propping up his pension with no regard for us whatsoever. AAR.......... well what can I say there. He just does not understand our job.
Last edited by mensaboy; 25th January 2009 at 06:49.