QF32 & the pilot in F incident

[Will H]

There are now conflicting reports if the QF32 incident in which an off-duty pilot was getting cosy with a pax in F was on the A380 or there was a 747 substitution.

Anyone know?

[Mick B]

Not sure of aircraft type...BUT these are things I do know:

- he is a Qantaslink pilot, not Qantas Mainline

- both he and the passenger in question were travelling in J class, (as per his Staff Travel entitlement)

- he earns nowhere near the $240,000 quoted in the original article

I can't help but think the story was released by Qantas to try and paint QF pilots in a bad light given the current industrial situation

[Andrew M]

Indeed, I am quite sure this was a media beat up

Mentioning wages, and that they were traveling in "luxurious" first class etc is just an act by someone or a company to try and paint the pilot as an overpaid worker with too many entitlements that most people don't get to enjoy!