Qantas Airways Ltd, which hopes to buy planes this year for record-breaking 21-h...
SINGAPORE - Qantas Airways Ltd, which hopes to buy planes this year for record-breaking 21-hour flights between Sydney and London has two hurdles left to overcome: getting pilots and Australia’s aviation regulator to agree to unprecedented duty times.
But there is a human cost to flying from Sydney to London or New York that must be resolved before tickets are sold, Joyce added. It could approve longer hours, reject the proposal, approve a shorter duty time or require new measures like a more experienced crew or extended rest periods. Managing fatigue is a serious issue for airlines globally, and CASA is overseeing a new data-driven fatigue risk-management system at Qantas. The agency says the new system, which also takes into account fatigue reports from pilots, will create a flexible framework for duty times rather than prescriptive rules.
“AIPA is supportive of the commercial benefits that may flow to Qantas in being able to operate these long premium routes with minimal competition,” Sedgwick said. “We want to make sure the safety and fatigue management issues are adequately addressed in the process of enabling these flights.”Crew experience on long-haul flights also will be part of contract negotiations, Sedgwick said.
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