Captain cloudbuster.
I'm not saying that SH is worse. In fact I agree with you.
I'd hate to do the Ultra Long haul flying that the 787 will do. Once the fleet is large enough the crews will work very hard, at the wrong times of day and time zones.
Whilst you work hard in SH, you work daylight hours, your home far more often, your not jet lagged, and not nearly as fatigued. Many LH days off are spent recovering from jetlag and night flying.
With big profits forecast for the next few years SH pilots will do nicely from the bonus scheme too.
The only point I'm making is pay wise and stripe wise for JQ widebody CPTs going to FO is not the step up it is for QF pilots.
But your right, who cares about pay if your always away and doing undesirable flying and exhausted. Look at the EK pilots.
Agree with others that this is not an MOU thread.
Good luck to all those that apply to QF wherever they may come from.
At least the focus is now on Qantas so that's a great thing.
The great thing about QF is it has options. SH, medium haul, long haul and ultra long haul with the 787.
Not many airlines offer that. Or a dapper white hat.
