Just flew to Singapore from Cairns on JQ.
The flight crew got off in Darwin. Three pilots got on, two at the controls, one in the back to position to Singapore and fly back to Darwin.
Did I mention the flight to Cairns from Singapore a week or so earlier?
Flight crew change in Darwin. New flight crew flew to Cairns, stayed with the airplane from the 0800 arrival until the midday departure back to Darwin. As above, they got off on arrival Darwin, three pilots got on...
This is the future of Qantas I see. How it happened, I have no idea.