Aviation: Flight crew
The reporter expressed a safety concern regarding the selection of duty runway at Perth Airport. The reporter stated that when the aircraft departed, the duty runways were runway 03 and runway 06.
The concern was regarding the use of the abbreviation EST for Estimate in NOTAMs.
The concern related to ATC instructing flight crews, especially fatigued international flight crews, to make multiple heading changes to achieve separation instead of allowing them to slow down or conduct a holding pattern.
The concern related to the fatigue experienced by flight crew during back of the clock long distance return flights, especially when operating consecutive back of clock duties.
The concern related to the runway selection by ATC at Perth Airport giving priority to noise abatement procedures rather than aircraft safety.
The concern related to the new KEVIE 1A STAR procedure for arrivals into Brisbane. The reporter advised that the new procedure took aircraft very low at a significant distance from the airport and in an area which frequently experienced turbulence.
The concern related to the excessive workload experienced by the flight crew during an approach to Sydney due to unnecessary instructions from ATC.
The concern related to the RNAV (GNSS) RWY21 approach not being contained with controlled airspace at Coffs Harbour.
The concern related to the use of dual flight management systems (FMS) which are not fully synchronised resulting in the flight crew operating in a head down state at critical phases of flight or undesired power states.
The concern related to fatigue caused by the lack of availability within the organisation to take annual leave when required due to current staffing levels.
