Originally Posted by
43Inches
Looks like another SAAB air return to Parkes yesterday, and grounded there after, some troubles with starting or such earlier. Got airborne and then turned around and came back, might be engine related issues as well. Did it have problems and they tried to fly it back without engineering taking a look first? That stinks of poor decision making and pilots under pressure to make the schedule work, hope I'm wrong though.
Those old Saabs......isn't there like around 57 in their fleet nationwide and only 33 in service? The rest need C-Checks, maintainence etc, some need spare parts etc.
Those Saabs need to be moved on at some stage.