[azza2110]

A typical 737 pilot earns 200-250k AUD and can work no more than 72 hours per month, including training, admin, etc.

If a pilot needs so much sleep that they can only safely work 18 hours per week, I'd hate to think how compromised a passenger's safety is when being shuttled around by a Taxi/Uber driver working 40-80 hours per week.

[bb611]

> A typical 737 pilot earns 200-250k AUD and can work no more than 72 hours per month, including training, admin, etc.

Do you have a source for any of those facts? Are you picking on 737 pilots for a reason, or do you really mean to imply this is the average for an Australian pilot?

It all seems unlikely to be true, given that their competitors in the US are limited to 290 working hours and 100 flight hours per month, though those are maximums and are typically reduced by things like flying in the early/late hours, flight connection times, etc. If this were true, it would be very hard for any Australian international airline to compete on long haul flights, and Qantas is doing quite well.

sources:

A summary: http://work.chron.com/duty-limitations-faa-pilot-17646.html

And from the FAA (US air transport regulator): https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=1...

[azza2110]

Earlier this year I worked in the finance department for a major airline with significant B737 Australian operations.

As much as I would have liked these numbers to be false, they are sadly reality.

[raarts]

Recently on a transatlantic flight I happened to sit next to the 2-year girlfriend of the pilot. She expressed amazement towards the little time he actually worked. Even while flying he just 'sat in the cockpit discussing fast cars 90% of the time'.