Hey 411A,
You're having yourself on with that one, mate. Most 400 capts in Qantas have been with the company around 30 years, the most junior have been with the company for a little over 20 years, and if it was infact the F/O's sector, he would have been with the company atleast 12 years, much of which was probably as an F/O wrestling with the 767 on domestic ops, so no shortage of manipulative skills there. . .
About 99.9% of landings in the 400 are "manual", so I can't imagine the crew being daunted by the prospect. Having been one of them, I'd suggest they were ******ed after a 15 hr tour of duty, flown through the night and arriving at a time of day 10 hrs different from their home time zone, and thus wishing to keep the operation conservative.
Big bloody deal!!
