Originally Posted by alidad
About 6 years ago a friend of mine was an apprentice at the QF jet base in Sydney. he left after about 18 months totally disillusioned with "what went on".
For example, under the expert supervision of a LAME, being directed to take 3 hours to put a panel on that took 5 minutes. The rest of the time spent hiding/ sleeping in a 747 to stretch the task into overtime.
Clocking in on night shift and being told to go and sleep for the entire shift in an aircraft as there was "nothing to do". and the list goes on.........
YES you ARE highly skilled workers in a very specialised industry, but with these type of issues that have been allowed to develop for a number of "generations"; and being perpetuated as the troops are promoted into the management- something has had to give- Sit down with an ex Ansett LAME and let them reflect with you on what went on there.
No company can exist in today's environs with unproductive dead wood weighing it down.
What is happening is not good but the alternatives are a lot worse.
The quote above: "Shame Qantas, Shame". The Qantas brand is a function of the individual efforts of EVERY employee of the company- Some of the shame must fall your way as well.
I think I shall now retreat to the bunker and pop on the flack jacket.
sounds like cabin interrior,not heavy maintenance,looks like they got the wrong target again