Tired Jetstar pilots told to 'toughen up princesses'

Todays Sydney Morning Herald-

A senior manager told Jetstar pilots complaining about fatigue from long shifts to "toughen up princesses" in a scathing email, a Senate inquiry heard today.

"You aren't fatigued, you are tired and can't be bothered going to work," the email said.

The email, which dismissed pilot complaints about Jetstar's flying rosters from Perth on the Denpasar-Singapore-Perth-Melbourne-Perth route, surprised Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan when they received a copy of it from Senator Nick Xenophon, who introduced it to the Senate's inquiry into pilot safety during questioning over pilot fatigue.