Bad day at the office for QF Chairman
A mate from up north told me this story that occured early this week.
Apparently the QF Chairman was booked on the MC-SY Qantaslink/Impulse B717 flight. This aircraft went U/S and the flight was delayed 2-3 hours. There were 100 odd not so happy passengers including the Chairman. The Charmain was transferred to Sunshine Express who operate services between MC and BN on behalf of Qantas. This flight would get the Charmain to BN were she could connect with a BN-SY flight. However she had to fly in Bandit (no in-flight service), but at least it departed on time.
The Chairman manages to get on a B737 flight from BN-SY, however another problem occurs. The B737 is damaged by a set of stairs that hit the aircraft. Aircraft is unable to fly, all passengers have to get off (including the Chairman) and transferred to other flights. So once again the Chairman gets to see more angry passengers and she is delayed once more. Aircraft is towed to hangar where it will spend the next 1-2 weeks getting repaired. Repair bill on B737 $200000-$300000, Impulse B717 out of service for 2 days and many angry passengers. So not the best day for the QF Chairman.