Thread drift for Morno
No Morno, not unique to Oz.
QF most certainly, as does CX and I'm sure there are other airlines that do, with others having "Cruise F/O's", VA being a case in point.
In any case, depending on the FTI, a LH or ULH flight that requires an augmented crew, will usually have 3, sometimes/often 4 crew members.
Airlines that don't have "Second Officers", are still required to field an augmented crew. Often is the case where they will have one Capt. and 2 F/O's, 2 Capt. & one F/O or 2 Capt's and 2 F/O's e.g. EK.
In QF's case a four person crew will consist of one Capt, one F/O and 2 S/O's.
If you were the Pay Master, who would you rather pay for one flight,
Two Capt's and two F/O's or, (in QF's case),
One Capt one F/O and Two S/O's?
Last edited by caneworm; 3rd Jun 2015 at 05:23.
Reason: Going Boeing beat me to it. Damn one finger typing...