http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/philip-van-den-heever/ Philip van den Heever is a lawyer and Executive Director of the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA), representatives of Qantas Group pilots. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-australian-is-jetstar/ The key take out that everyone in Australia got from the recent Qantas incident in Singapore is that pilot experience is critically important.  As more and more information filters about just how serious the situation was with QF32, pilot training and experience are being widely acknowledged, from the CEO of Qantas down, as having arguably made the difference. Given the travails of Qantas over recent weeks, you would think that Jetstar would think twice about its absurd plans to put less and less experienced pilots in the cockpit of its aircraft. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Philip van den Heever) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-australian-is-jetstar/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-australian-is-jetstar/#item4739 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:35:19 +0000 Philip van den Heever | Author bios | The Punch