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Old 29th January 2008 | 03:49
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Kiwiguy
 
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Nope I stopped throwing bags before the A320 came along and we rarely got 767s in my time at WLG. This was all domestic 733s.

Oh scuse me ... PS: we loaded international 733s too, including Skippys with their useless rollerbed floors.

Jetconnect had a bunch of clapped out ex Ansett Australia 733s. Their underskins were scalloped between the airfreme ribs so that they looked like they had skin ripples from the wing root backwards.

Seem to recall (later in 2006) that a Skippy 733 landed heavily at WLG and split the fuselage along the floor so you could see light through it. That was hushed up. There was also a funny incident in Feb/Mar 2002 when a catering truck lifted a skippy door off it's hinges. It was taped ove with duct tape and discreetly towed out of sight.

2.5 million dollar loss of revenue. LSG Sky Chef blamed their employees and sacked one. Later the GM at WLG for Sky Chef admitted unwittingly to the union that the truck had a known fault with the truck's controls, but the airline never heard about it and both union and caterers kept it quiet from Qantas.
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