What simply amazes me is that Qantas no longer has the in house design ability to modify even a ****ing door latch!!
Doesn't QF management understand that if you outsource everything, then you can not produce a better, safer or more reliable product than any other customer that uses that same outsourcing outfit?
In other words, you can never, ever again claim product differentiation on the basis of having a superior maintenance capability.
To put it another way QF is now no safer (but not less safe) than BA and LH in regard to its engines, since they are all maintained in exactly the same way.
That automatically means the QF's claim to be "The Worlds Safest Airline" must one day be proved false.