Thread: Qantas, your thoughts

Originally Posted by garrycol

From my experience in aviation I would say that there is nothing to worry about - seems fairly routine. Aircraft are machines and like all machines develop issues. Ideally the maintenance programs detect major issues before they develop and how the airline deals with them.

I would rather turn around or not take off as a precaution rather than push on.

Garry

yep but generally most outsources maintenance programs wind up with a "what do I care, thats not my job" attitude towards identifying potential future problems as opposed to the pride of "see that, I made sure that that thing is 100% ready to rock." that you get with a maintenance organization staffed by people who are happy to be there.

QANTAS are an easy target because they haven't fallen out of the sky yet.

Heavy maintenanace is done in Brisb and Avalon isn't it?

Cheers

Just your normal aviation issues. maint guys on strike lets bring all normal issues to every ones attention typical scare mongering.

M

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

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

thats what happens when you dont pay maintenance workers and then outsource it to somewhere cheaper in a foreign country.

oh so you would rather stay with the commie pot bellyed 3 hour luch buch who call it a bad year if the earn less than 200K??

actualy intances have droped, its only the reporting that has increased

Qantas has confirmed that the maintenance of these planes was carried out by Qantas in Australia.

QFA are very much under the magnifying glass at the moment. If the Captain sneezes, someone will say he had the wrong sized handkerchief. I would fly with them any day ahead of many other airlines.
Flying is still a ker-squillion times safer than driving. We do that every day without even measuring the risk.

Still my choice of airline.

If one was to take all of this at face value, then Qantas would not be the worlds safest airline.

IMHO, you get what you pay for.

I CHOOSE to travel Qantas whenever possible, for more reasons than just safety. At the end of a long week being away from home, I dont need some smart 20 something calling me by my first name, and acting like they have known me all my life.

If the media were to play the game fair, then the stakeholders in certain "fly to the moon spaceships" would get jittery, and start either asking hard questions, or simply pulling out.

In the end, I reckon it is all scare mongering...