Lots of people give Qantas hell for flying around with more pilots than other airlines would on certain routes - 'too expensive', waste of money', etc etc.
I would argue that having to do an autoland in these very seldom seen circumstances (ie unforecast fog with very late warning after the PNR) in accordance with a perfectly legal fuel policy, is safer than flying around on long sectors with the legal minimum number of pilots - ie less than Qantas does on many longer sectors.
Fatigue causes many more accidents than does very rare autolands below minima in unforecast fog.
Just adding to the discussion - take it or leave it.
Last edited by unseen; 29th May 2013 at 09:47.