8. THE CREW COMPLEMENT COMMITTEE

The Crew Complement Committee, comprised solely of active Japan Air Lines Bight crew members from the Operations Department (managerial flight crew members), the JAL Captains'Association, the JAL Flight Crew Union and JAL Senior Flight Engineer Union, was established in October 1986. This committee conducted discussions on the crew complement issue of new large aircraft to be introduced.
The Crew Complement Committee assembled a total of 29 times since September 1986 to discuss matter of operational safety, flight operational environment and operational marketing plans. An interim report was submitted to the president of Japan Air Lines by the Crew Complement Committee in March 1987. The final report was submitted to the Executive Management Committee in July 1987.
The establishment of this committee and management's declaration that they would respect the report submitted by the committee gained the attention of not only crew members in Japan but of the world as well.
There are several examples of the use of a two man crew complement aircraft being in use with three crew The B-737s of United and Western in the United States, A-310 of Air France and B-767 of Ansett Airlines are well known models.
UTA has just won three man use of the B747-400 and struggles continue over the three man crew complement of this aircraft in Air France and the A-320 at Air Inter.
The crew complement issue is a subject that will be the focus of intense struggles not only in Japan be also in the rest of the world.

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