i think what i said was more stating the obvious...
I reckon its either from outsourcing maintenance, or a large part of their fleet is ageing (sp?), causing defects coming from worn out parts... (after thinking about it a bit more)'
(I may be a 17 year old student pilot, but that can't stop me from doing my research in my spare time, even before I got my SPL, after all, my ambition in life from about 4 years old to 15 years old was to work for Qantas. Then I saw that there is more to airlines than Qantas, so I now keep an open mind.)