Originally Posted by
petrichor
Also look at route structure. Of all the majors, QF ............... Maintenance standards are obviously high though and they identified very early on during QA assessments that the threat from fake parts coming from a few dubious countries warranted a major shift in focus and I believe it was they who set the standard for tracking non-OEM parts.
this is not a new problem. EK Gann wrote there were lots of fake Boeing parts, and that a 100% reliable way of picking them was by glancing at the price tag.... this will not have changed CMIIW