Qantas A380 emergency landing | Singapore
ALAEA federal secretary Steve Purvinas said safety was a growing concern for Qantas engineers with continued outsourcing of maintenance work.
"We know that the dramatic increase in the number of safety incidents involving Qantas jets coincides with an increase in the amount of work that is no longer carried out in-house," he said in a statement.
In the past 10 years, Qantas has shut down every in-house engine shop in Australia, he said, leading to a reduction in safety standards.
"We have seen some pretty horrid results of maintenance from the overseas facilities - things that aren't reported in the press," he told AAP.
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and the bonus boys in QF management) time to listen. My congratulations to the Captains and crew on today's QF 32 for a job well handled, as usual. It is my view the blokes in management need to get back to basics and sort themselves out regarding day to day airline operations, ie reinvesting in local in house engine shops to regain some credibility lost with poor management decisions over the recent years.
