Qantas 787's and possible 747 freighter's? What's the latest rumour?
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The rumour i heard today from a reliable source. The 747-400ERF will be maintained by qantas lame's (which is great for us short term). But the pilots, by the looks of it, will most likely be crewed by EFA. However, they still are considering using qantas mainline pilots under the long haul eba because they will need a lot more pilots for this operation compared to the 767f operation because of the stop over in LA and the 4 man tech crew to fly it to LA. (not very cheap to give 20+ pilots 744 endorsements (and thats for only 1 plane). There will possibly be a 2nd 744ERF in the future too.
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The Pilots may come FROM the ranks of the Longhaul EBA but won't fly the freighter ON the Longhaul EBA.
If past form is anything to go by, the pilots MAY be selected from the Mainline ranks, however if D.R can't pick & choose who he wants to fly his freighter. He will walk away from using mainline guys. Just like last time with the 767 freighter.
If past form is anything to go by, the pilots MAY be selected from the Mainline ranks, however if D.R can't pick & choose who he wants to fly his freighter. He will walk away from using mainline guys. Just like last time with the 767 freighter.
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Could someone please enlighten me as to how a single aircraft, LH operation would work in respect to
a timetable ? The crew will have to get off at various ports as defined by CAO48, if you only have one
hull does that mean that the next crew have been sitting in the slip port for days, or possibly a whole
week, or do you have crews continually positioning on commercial carriers ?
Sorry if I'm missing the obvious but I can't see how one aircraft could be viable
a timetable ? The crew will have to get off at various ports as defined by CAO48, if you only have one
hull does that mean that the next crew have been sitting in the slip port for days, or possibly a whole
week, or do you have crews continually positioning on commercial carriers ?
Sorry if I'm missing the obvious but I can't see how one aircraft could be viable
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The Pilots may come FROM the ranks of the Longhaul EBA but won't fly the freighter ON the Longhaul EBA.
If past form is anything to go by, the pilots MAY be selected from the Mainline ranks, however if D.R can't pick & choose who he wants to fly his freighter. He will walk away from using mainline guys. Just like last time with the 767 freighter.
If past form is anything to go by, the pilots MAY be selected from the Mainline ranks, however if D.R can't pick & choose who he wants to fly his freighter. He will walk away from using mainline guys. Just like last time with the 767 freighter.
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It is correct that they do go via china to lax, but thats 5 days a week. From memory they do one Australia to Hong Kong flight per week, one Australia to shanghai flight per week. At this stage they intend on using the 744erf to do Sydney to lax 4 times a week.
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At this stage they intend on using the 744erf to do Sydney to lax 4 times a week.
What fuel load is a typical SYD-LAX in a 744?
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Out of interest what sort of export would QF be hauling, I guess a direct flight to lax would need to bulk/volume out rather than approach MZFW.
What fuel load is a typical SYD-LAX in a 744?
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Roughly 110T freight would give you 135T of fuel, don't think you could do LA-SYD on that. Max Fuel roughly 163T (no stab tank on freighters) would give you 82T of freight.
I love a laff too but how often would the 180 leave bags behind? Never heard of it, unlike the dallas, but the 80 may get a shot at leaving bags behind on that one soon..... 
