PILOTS are being ordered to stop trying to make up time on Qantas flights running significantly late - so the airline can save on fuel costs. In a snub for passengers, the airline has a strict policy of refusing to allow pilots to catch up if they can't land in the 15-minute window that qualifies as being on time.
"If the aircraft is running late and the pilot can't make it there within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time then he or she is not permitted to fly faster and burn more fuel," one pilot said.
Forgive me if this has been posted somewhere but to be fair, it is good to see the Herald Sun try to balance their reporting with this
Qantas pilots told not to minimise delays | Herald Sun after publishing this one on the same day, 15/08/11.
Qantas swamped with passenger complaints over pilots' gripes | Herald Sun
May be the Editor realised a wild cut and paste of a Qantas press release may have been a mistake or this is a good example that Captain Richard Woodward from AIPA getting a good counter story published. At the end of the day both sides 1 all.