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Old 25th Jul 2006, 12:49
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Bumpfoh
 
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MJ2

absolutely spot-on

After many years of winter icing delays and from QF Mel engineering there is finally a de-icing unit in Mel, but only after a six months plus capital expenditure approval process from boffinsville in Syd.

While waiting for the necessary risk assesment process and obligatory operator training QF & VB have agreed to hire the VB equipment and operator as required. This equipment was available last Friday however VB were unable to provide an operator due to the manpower required to support their own operation as no prior arrangement was in place. This after numerous requests to QF local management to put in place a contingency prior to the QF equipment being up and running!

Interesting that VB, who relatively speaking have been around for 5 minutes in comparison to QF, have the necessary equipment in Mel.

But we're just the dumb fools on the floor, what would we know?

While on the QF bash bandwagon, we're just as peeved as the fare paying pax that are being disrupted by the incompetence of these management tools in Sidchrome house.
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