Originally Posted by
compressor stall
At a guess - not enough staff on to have already done it as part of the post check procedure and pressure to get it out of the hangar on time. An extra 5 mins to close the doors times all those aircraft in maintenance equals two whole days... think of what that is off the KPI in an accountant's eyes.
I would say you have hit the nail on the head, the aircraft was due to operate QF 1 to London.