Qantas, your thoughts

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

"We always respond conservatively to any mechanical or performance issue, and we always put safety before schedule".

It is a good reasurance, I hope that thinks will be for the best in the future.
I have asked your thoughts about it because apart from Air France and couple of american companies no other company was bashed by the media like Quantas :(

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I honestly think it's the cabin staff. Journos only print this stuff because they've experienced it and talked about it with friends and they hear the rants.

As I said, not all the time. Once on a long haul (Perth to anywhere else) I was chatting with a mate and the we'd had a wine or two (literally) and I asked if we could have another cheese and biccy pack (we were in cattle class). The guy went up to BC and brought us one of their posh cheese boards. He didn't have to that and I was so grateful that he did. There are some other good tales, but then there's the other times. You just sometimes want to ask them why they do the job, they clearly hate it and their customers. You want suggest to them that life is too short. Become a prison guard, or grade three teacher at a reform school...

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

You are so full of ****.

Where do you get the old aircraft claim from?

If you think Qantas is bad you haven;t flown too many other airlines mate.

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Pardon? do you know me? who i am and what i have done?

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Originally Posted by clean32

Pardon? do you know me? who i am and what i have done?

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Belinda Neil :wasntme:


our own AULROgate :angel:

The last time a Qantas aircraft was written off due to an accident was in 1960 (Super Constellation lost an engine on takeoff at Mauritius and over-ran the runway. No fatalities).

That was FIFTY years ago. Their last fatal accident was in 1951, almost SIXTY years ago (DH Drover near Lae, PNG). How many other major airlines can match that record?

Stephen.

What about the B747 that ran off the runway in Thailand a couple of years ago - or did they repair that one.:angel: No one injured but made a bloody mess of the airframe.

They do have a few old aircraft - the B737-400 nearly 20 years old and the first of the B747-400 are over 15 years old.


More info:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...904538_001.pdf

Looks like they did repair it.

That was 11 years ago :eek2: - I am getting old :(

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Originally Posted by clean32

and lazy cabin crew

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She doesn't look lazy to me.:angel: More like "pacy":D:p

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...10/04/1282.jpg

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Originally Posted by I Love My Landy!

I was told by somebody who worked in the industry that Qantas is one of the safest airlines because when they find a problem on the tarmac, no matter how small, they will delay or cancel the flight rather than just take-off like many other airlines do.

Edward :)

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yes i herd that from some of their workers to

and i wont fly anyone else
their disabled flyer policy's are far better than any of the other company's
and usally i get upgraded
their staff are always helpful (unlike others)
their aircraft wheel chairs are nice and stable
and i can use my one right to the air craft door unlike all but 1 other
and i also dont have to keap telling them my chair dimensions unlike all the others as they keap it on record

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

You are so full of ****.

Where do you get the old aircraft claim from?

If you think Qantas is bad you haven;t flown too many other airlines mate.

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this full of **** guy has flowen on 31 difrent airlines with an average of 18.7 hours on international flights over the period of 1997 to 2007 per week

average fleet ages are avalble here

Fleet age Qantas - Airfleets

it took a while to go though my lose PP pagers

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Originally Posted by clean32

Qantas was and is an airline ( internationally) to be avoided, stupidly old aircraft and just as old and lazy cabin crew. And international embarrassment for Australia

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Like the A380? :angel:

Late edit. I just looked at the fleet ages. That shows just how reliable the 747 and 767 are that they can stay in use for so long. Why upgrade if the vehicle does the job well? (Hmm, sounds like Isuzu County owners! :) )

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Originally Posted by clean32

this full of **** guy has flowen on 31 difrent airlines with an average of 18.7 hours on international flights over the period of 1997 to 2007

average fleet ages are avalble here

Fleet age Qantas - Airfleets

it took a while to go though my lose PP pagers

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What a great page, thanks for the link...

Didn't realize QANTAS operated 150 aircraft, they are bigger than i thought.