Ferry Flight crewing

[Andrew P]

On my return flight MNL-SYD last Tuesday were 2 JQ flight crew, (as passengers) who had just delivered a JQ A330 to MNL for servicing

A question, on such a ferry flight, are the required any additional crew on the plane, e.g. to arm/disarm the doors, or does one of the pilots have to do this task?

Banjo

[Adam G]

There's no requirement for cabin crew on ferry flights - the pilots do the doors etc.

[Chris Roope]

Except of course if the pilots are due to have a meal on the flight, in which case one cabin crew member is carried to operate the oven. The 767 freighter service AKL-CHC-SYD is an example of this.

[Radi K]

Originally Posted by Chris Roope

Except of course if the pilots are due to have a meal on the flight, in which case one cabin crew member is carried to operate the oven. The 767 freighter service AKL-CHC-SYD is an example of this.

Really

Must a QF thing, might be in the EBA or something .. haha ...other operators in the region train their pilots to cook their own food and also present it nice and neatly in a cardboard box...

must be a LCC thing too because they get the pilots to clean too...

Couldn’t resist...sorry bro..

On a serious note, does that mean all QF 737 delivery flights ex BFI take a CC member as well?

[Bernie P]

Originally Posted by Chris Roope

Except of course if the pilots are due to have a meal on the flight, in which case one cabin crew member is carried to operate the oven. The 767 freighter service AKL-CHC-SYD is an example of this.

What 767 is used for this freighter service??

[Kelvin R]

Does the crew member get to ride jump seat or do they have to sit on their own by the door? Must be weird having an empty PAX load for the flight. I would be tempted to settle in with a DVD player in row 1 of J and pretend to be not at work. In the US I noticed that the crew wear civvies when doing freight runs, is this the same or is the cc in uniform?

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by Bernie P

What 767 is used for this freighter service??

Qantas 7623/4 is the callsign, and it's just a passenger 767 loaded with freight only.

[Raymond Rowe]

Originally Posted by Kelvin R

Does the crew member get to ride jump seat or do they have to sit on their own by the door? Must be weird having an empty PAX load for the flight. I would be tempted to settle in with a DVD player in row 1 of J and pretend to be not at work. In the US I noticed that the crew wear civvies when doing freight runs, is this the same or is the cc in uniform?

They would ride the jump seat unless they wanted to get some sleep.Then you would head for the biggest seat available.On ferry flights from the USA the engineers usually play the trolley dolly.

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Raymond Rowe

They would ride the jump seat unless they wanted to get some sleep.Then you would head for the biggest seat available.On ferry flights from the USA the engineers usually play the trolley dolly.

Did you ever get a shot Ray?? I think you would look alright in a dress with a bit of lippy on

[Grahame Hutchison]

Ferry flights to anywhere, easy work.

No passengers to deal with, what a breeze,

Ray in a dress with a bit of lippy on, priceless.