This situation could have created some really good Qudos for the airline if handled appropriately.
IE; The airline inspected all 737 aircraft immediately after the first crack was discovered. Their engineers found cracks on a further 2 aircraft that were subsequently grounded. The airline and its engineers were able to mitigate the problem, and possible consequences, above the expectations and timeframes decided by Boeing and the issued AD. This airline and its employees place safety as its highest priority.
But no. Instead we have spin doctors working against employees to create what seems a media circus. A view, through media, that management make decisions on when aircraft are deemed airworthy, whilst those sounding alarms are fobbed off, criticised, or labelled & targeted as having an industrial agenda, irressponsible or drama queens.
It seems the only thing that Coward Street and most of the Australian public could give 2 hoots about is the miraculous job management did in turning around the business, profits, premium upgrades, and AJ's 24mill. And of course the impeccable safety record built on old foundations, that everyone seems to take for granted.
There are way too many warning bells that have been ringing for a while now. What will it take?
Last edited by Ngineer; 2nd Nov 2019 at 01:10.