Hero pilot Richard de Crespigny takes sides with Qantas in IR war
The Australian:
HERO pilot Richard de Crespigny has broken ranks with his Qantas colleagues by calling for an end to "legacy practices" and declaring the airline's future lies in Asia.
The captain, who coolly landed a packed A-380 "super-jumbo" following an engine explosion after taking off from Singapore last year, has revealed that he has not joined in the pilots' industrial action against the airline, even though he belongs to the long-haul pilots' union.