Pilots stood down after cockpit row
Qantas has confirmed to news outlets that it stood down two pilots who had a heated argument in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 jumbo on the tarmac at Dallas international airport.
Just weeks after Qantas stood down a captain for returning a positive alcohol reading, The Age newspaper reported that a captain and a second officer on a 747-400 had an argument over the take-off calculations they should be punching into the passenger jet’s computer system.
Qantas has launched an investigation into the dispute between the pilots, who have been told they cannot fly.
The airline had to bring in replacement pilots to fly QF8 back to Sydney via Brisbane the next day but the airline said the delay was caused by bad weather, not the cockpit row.
Passengers claimed were left sitting for more than two hours on the tarmac during which time they were told the pilot was too busy to talk.
One passenger told The Age the entire flight home to Sydney was a “complete stuff up” and included repeated delays, lost baggage and a lack of staff to deal with passengers.
“[It was] the flight from hell. It was just one cock up after the other,” she said. “When I finally landed in Sydney the guy could not find my bag.”
by Ian Jarrett, Editor TravelMole Asia Pacific
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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