I thought the main reason why most of the larger aircraft were painted overseas was due to the number of carcinogens involved it could not be done legally here (workplace H&S) reasons and we don’t have the correct facilities
I understand these laws are somewhat different in NZ, Ireland, Germany, and the USA, allowing the work to be done in those locations.
Pullock, VTM et al,
Don’t think BIK was into union busting, there is a public relations problem engineers have with pilots, the present problem is that a number of times in the recent past the public have been told that pilots are not “safe” doing some things….eg what was the reason why pilots could not do a walk around on red jets ? why is it at some ports pilots can do a walk around and fuel and at others they do not ?
Just wondering like many others if “safety” is being applied consistently or conveniently by some representative bodies ?
It’s the old pilot vs engineer argument, it will never go away.....please pass this post along to the ALAEA, and hopefully next time pilots will not be branded "unsafe"
