As the silly
pr*ck who had to do the maintenance budgets for Ansett, now deceased, before it was gutted and sold, I concur with Bungeyed.
Threats of legal action are easy to make.
What the general public does not understand, not do pilots, is that failures and defects are a bit like bank accounts. The more you have of them the more your account i in debit. If one day your accounts are called in and your debits exceed your credits then you are F%^$ed.
If Woomera and Danny decide to censor this information, then they can bear the responsibility when the inevitable happens.
To put it another way, GD will not bear the financial cost if a QF ship goes in. Neither will the rest of the Board.
My gut feel (as someone no longer associated with an airline) is that airlines are buying new aircraft and planning to dispose of them before they need heavy maintenance. In other words, putting the burden on tomorrows managers.