Great to see that something positive is being done by BALPA but as is so OFTEN the case, posters on this forum & in the industry in general are so very quick to be negative.
XB70 did Basil at least have the decency to contact you direct to discuss his concerns or is he just another one of these 'I've gotta post without engaging brain'?
For anybody who thinks this isn't a current issue read on:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...E23349,00.html
Fumes ground Qantas plane
By Rebecca DiGirolamo
January 20, 2004
A BRAND new Qantas plane was being flown to Melbourne last night for further investigation after mysterious fumes forced an emergency landing and hospitalised nine people in Adelaide yesterday.
The Airbus A330-300, which had only been in service for four weeks, was travelling from Melbourne to Perth but made an unscheduled landing about 10.30am (EST) after two passengers and seven crew members at the rear of the cabin complained of headaches and nausea.
Qantas said the pilot diverted to Adelaide Airport one hour into the flight after crew reported an "unpleasant" smell coming from one of the aircraft's galleys.
"My nose just started running madly about one hour into the flight," Melbourne mother Gwen Lunley said. "It was really a mild smell, but it was obviously something serious because we were (nearly) half-way through our flight."
A Qantas spokesman said this was the first safety incident involving the aircraft, one of three A330-300s purchased last year from Airbus. It grounded passengers for seven hours in Adelaide until a replacement aircraft arrived.
A passenger on the interrupted QF485 flight said complaints of fumes had been raised on the plane's previous service between Melbourne and Perth last Sunday.
GIVE IT TO ME- I'LL FIX IT!