I wouldn't be so negative, it is the first time I have ever seen CASA speak in this tone about QF. Some of the other bits from the full transcript include -
Some of these trends were probably exacerbated by the recent industrial activity, but I think it's important to add here that our analysis indicates that some of these trends have been, you know, trending before the industrial activity. So, I think it's fair to say that we don't believe that they, these aspects are completely related to that. They certainly didn't help. And they've got a management, a rectification management program in place now, because there was a bit of a maintenance backlog as a result of that. But we believe that these trends existed before that activity.
The three particular issues are that of (1) organisational functionality in the engineering and maintenance operation; and we believe that the organisation needs to thoroughly align accountability and responsibility to approve the authority itself, and control of, the engineering and maintenance program. So we're largely talking about management structure of engineering.
And at the moment, we believe that there are some potential areas where things might slip through the gaps, and they need to tighten up, as I said, the split of accountability and responsibility.
However actions speak louder than words. The ALAEA will be seeking involvement and input into the changes and monitoring the process. The above statements are a good start though.