SCMP - Flight did not require a third pilot, aviation body tells court

[mcdude]

From RTHK newsearlier today;

"The Cathay Pacific pilots' union has lost a legal challenge against a decision by the Civil Aviation Department to let a long-haul flight go ahead, despite being one pilot short of what safety regulations required. The union argued that the department did not have the power to make the decision, or alternatively, its decision was irrational. But in dismissing the union's case, the judge ruled that the department did have the power to permit one-off variations of the requirement for a three-man crew"

win some, lose some..?