Originally Posted by
Ken Borough
I assume that this was a long-planned aircraft change in which case seeking Indonesian and Australian Government approval is a given. It’s not a last minute task for the Flight Planners. They woukd have changed the aircraft type for slot and ground handling at which time it’s logical to suggest that requests for Government approvals would be made at the same time. Incompetence, negligence or lack of diligence is not synonymous with 'miscommunication'!
When I was there, in another department but we handled ASMs, when they were generated, they went to the relevant authorities as well. Still some chance this was an Indonesian cock up - but, of course, my experience was in the highly automated QF environment, not the 'little bit of automation plus sticky tape' environment of JQ where they say "what do we need this for??"