Flying hours
 

i was checking flightradar24 and looking at the flight histories for planes, ive noticed that jetstar planes normally takeoff sydney around 6am and land back at sydney around 10pm .Am I right in thinking that a single 2 pilot crew would be in charge of the plane from 5am till around 10:30pm?

If they could they would - but even better with single 1 pilot crew 7 days a week.

Folks,
In 1966, the then CEO of Qantas, Cedric Turner, said: "When Boeing builds a pilotless airliner, Qantas will be the first to buy it".
Some things never change.
Tootle pip!!

Ah. That makes a lot more sense now, thanks.

There are operators who are of the belief that you can be in charge of a aircraft over 4 sectors from 0500 till 1900. The rationale being that because you have been allocated a legal duty under the exemption, you (a) cannot be fatigued and (b) are therefore both physically and mentally fit to extend.

If you'd like some light leisure reading, have a read of CAO 48.0 . ;-)

https://www.casa.gov.au/file/106396/...token=sQJCsvkg

KPI's before shareprice before fuel saving before OTP (schedule) before safety...well, at least at Qantas

Safest* airline in the world though.

Just a thought about that:


Qantas Flight 1
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VH-OJH, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed at Singapore Changi Airportsome eight years later.AccidentDate23 September 1999SummaryRunway excursion caused by hydroplaning, pilot error aggravated by inclement weatherSiteBangkok, ThailandAircraftAircraft typeBoeing 747–438Aircraft nameCity of DarwinOperatorQantas
RegistrationVH-OJHFlight originSydney AirportStopoverDon Mueang International AirportDestinationLondon Heathrow AirportPassengers391[1]:1Crew19Fatalities0Injuries38 (minor)Survivors410 (all)Qantas Flight 1 (QF1, QFA1) was a Qantaspassenger flight between Sydney and London that was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on 23 September 1999 as it was landing for a stopover.

The importance of pilot training and the difference pilot decisions can make was dramatically demonstrated in the major Qantas accident at Bangkok in 1999. VH-OJH, a Boeing 747-438 with 391 passengers and a crew of nineteen, over-ran the runway when landing in a rainstorm. Nobody was hurt, but it cost $100 million to repair the aircraft.

The damage was such that the aircraft was a write-off, but to preserve its reputation Qantas had it repaired at a cost of $100 million.By returning the aircraft to service, Qantas was able to retain its record of having no hull-loss accidents since the advent of the Jet Age

GEOFFREY LUCK
How Qantas Became the Safest Airline


link to article in Quadrant:

How Qantas Became the Safest Airline ? Quadrant Online

And, folks, subsequent to the repair job, became the best performing aircraft in the fleet, the ONLY one that needed zero rudder trim in cruise, and then had the best "Delta" fuel in the fleet, indeed it then performed ahead of baseline, the real proof for any airframe.
There is an excellent documentary on the whole rebuild, it is made abundantly clear there, by those those doing the work, particularly the senior Boeing engineer on the job, that the aircraft was far from a write-off.
It is insurance underwriters who decide whether a hull is loss or not, in conjunction with the aircraft owners, who are usually finance organisations of some kind, not whoever's name is painted on the side.
Source, me, who flew the aeroplane frequently after the rebuild.
Tootle pip!!

Me too! A remarkably successful repair.
………..How did this thread get from "hours" to "OJH"??

Getting back to 130Herc's original question….
It would be unlikely that they'd stick with the same aircraft all day even if the crew did do a full 11 or 12 hour day. It would not be unusual to do 4 sectors in 4 different aircraft.