Qantas is allegedly using day release prisoners in Singapore to clean its jets, including the flight deck........... So much for security if this is true.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21373305-2,00.html
QANTAS is using day release prisoners from Singapore's Changi Prison to clean its planes, politicians were told today.
The prisoners were employed to clean the flight deck ahead of safety inspections, a union said.
Steve Purvinas, of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, gave details at a parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the potential sale of Qantas on its budget subsidiary Jetstar.
"The prisoners are released under supervision and taken to the Qantas aircraft," Mr Purvinas said.
"The prisoners are used to wash down the wheel well bays before inspections, they're used to go upstairs into the flight deck of the aircraft and to clean the area out so it's ready for inspection by the local engineers."