Off-shore MRO
Bumphfoh, You are not getting into a slanging match. I have much respect for the quality of home grown QF maintenance from my own experience of it. Equally I have the same respect for the maintenance performed by HAECO on Cathay aircraft when employed by Cathay. My point is that it is unfair to generalise in being critical. If the QF LAME with whom you spoke is telling it as it is, then it behoves him to make his case to the Director Engineering, which I am sure he would have done. I would also hope that whomever Qantas engage off-shore, the engineering staff have the final say and not the bean counters. As Wod points out, JetA_OK has hit the nail on the head. Professional jealousy will always lead to one outfit being critical of another. If justified, criticism is OK, if not it is unfair. That is my point.