Originally Posted by
easyflyer83
Chesty Morgan. At the airlines I've worked for, operating the A319/320 with just two crew members would not be permitted. Minimum crew has been four with an alleviation to lower that to three in order to get back to base.
Wiggy, I think you might have needlessly got your boxers in a twist over my comments. I said forgive me if I'm wrong because I wasn't 100% sure. But if BA pilots know the cabin/passenger emergency drills and shout commands (the most cabin crew specific SEP training) then genuine kudos to BA for training their pilots to that level. I don't recollect that being the case at my former BA franchise carrier mind.
Standard crew complement at BA for the A319 is 3. This can be reduced to 2 with the corresponding reduction in passengers. If the Club cabin goes over certain numbers (this varies depending on the length of flight), an additional crew member is carried. BA A319s have either 143 seats (legacy BA) or 144 seats (legacy bmi).