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Old 6th Nov 2010, 13:27
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@lompaseo

"...One can't expect the general public to know whats going on behind the scene but you can expect that when a major airline puts their fleet back in the air that they are darn sure that they are satisfied."

Lompaeo, I agree with your comment.
But it intrigues me that SQ could so confidently put their fleet back in the air within 12 hours, having first decided that they wouldn't stop to make checks, then, then presumably after advise from RR deciding to do so. Their haste to fly again on the face of it appears lacking caution. Particularly given that they have had an inflight shutdown themselves and multiple unscheduled engine changes on the Trent 900.

I also agree that there are many good techos doing hard yards behind the scenes to resolve this event quickly for insight and understanding, but I can't reconcile the two quite different attitudes between the two airlines.

Is it a rivalry thing, or a public-face thing, or are there genuinely valid reasons why these two major airlines would take quite opposite approaches?

Genuine inputs only please. Not interested in bashing either airline.
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