Originally Posted by
Rated De
ANZ CEO Luxon 22 August 2018.
The apparent inability to structure the fleet, maintenance and peak utilisation matrix to cope with a 'solitary point of unexpected failure' results in substantial disruption, is point in fact, suggestive of systemic problems.
Or, it just indicates that Qantas consciously plans to push its fleet to the limit during peak periods, in an effort to get as many paying customers as possible to their destinations. Which was precisely Beer Baron's point.
And, even then, Qantas has kept a significant block of downtime in the 747 fleet's schedule, which means it can substantially recover from one of its jumbos going tech within 24-48 hours - and is.