Well I finally found something on one of the news sites, from earlier this month, however the story has been so twisted out of shape by Mr Joyce I doubt if anyone could follow it, never even mentions the aircraft type in question.
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A war of words between Qantas and an engineers' union has intensified over maintenance issues following a mid-air explosion on one of the airline's A380s.
Qantas has suspended all of its A380 flights while it investigates why one of the plane's four engines exploded shortly after leaving Singapore for Sydney on Thursday.
Qantas on Friday said the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) had claimed a number of engineers had been stood down as a result of the incident on board QF32, adding that it "strongly refuted" that had happened.
However, ALAEA federal secretary Steven Purvinas said he had never suggested the six engineers were stood down as a result of the explosion on board the A380 aircraft.
"I never said they were stood down as a result of this incident," he told AAP.
"The point I was making was that this points to a dramatic shift in the culture of Qantas, which used to encourage workers to look for defects.
"Now they would rather you don't look and if you do, you will be sent home and subject to a disciplinary hearing."
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said in a statement that Mr Purvinas was wrong to say Qantas engineers has been stood down because of the incident on QF32, which was forced to turn back to Singapore following the explosion.
He said the cause of the engine failure was still being investigated, but it appeared likely to be a design problem.
"It is clearly too soon to speculate on the cause of yesterday's engine failure," he said.
Mr Joyce also said the engineers referred to by Mr Purvinas were employed by QantasLink in Brisbane and were directed not to attend work last week while a disciplinary matter was investigated.
But Mr Purvinas said it was because they had looked for plane defects that they had not been asked to check.
He said safety was a growing concern for Qantas engineers, because of outsourcing of maintenance work.
Mr Joyce rejected this, saying the overwhelming majorityof its maintenance was undertaken in Australia.
The A380 in question recently underwent its first heavy maintenance check by Lufthansa Technik in Germany, and Rolls Royce engines were overhauled at Rolls Royce facilities, Mr Joyce said.
"To suggest that Lufthansa and Rolls Royce do not have the expertise and experience to undertake the highest quality aircraft and checks is ludicrous," Mr Joyce said.
He said the A380s would remain grounded for "as long as it takes for us to be absolutely sure that the aircraft are going to be safe to fly".
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Mr Joyce, nobody said the LAMEs have been stood down over the A380s.