From todays Courier Mail.
Mr Cox said the latest round of safety scares had nothing to do with the airline's growing reliance on overseas maintenance firms.
He said Qantas employed 7000 engineers in Australia and 2000 of them conducted heavy maintenance.
"So that means the vast majority, and I mean the vast majority, of our work is actually done here in Australia and has been for many, many years and will continue to be," he said.
Is this correct?