I can only say that irrespective of what Mr Joyce continues to say or whatever his next excuse may happen to be, (because this was previous a Qantas aircraft, before becoming Jetstar) THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE WAY QANTAS MAINTENANCE IS STRUCTURED.
MORE MAINTENANCE CHECKS REQUIRED, REGULAR CHECKS AS PRESCRIBED BY CASA & A/C MANUFACTURER WITHOUT JUST SIGNING THE MR BECAUSE YOU ASSUME ALL IS OK TO CUT CORNERS AND COSTS.
Get rid of the off shoring of maintenance, as it is very risky and bring it back to Australia.
We all know the communication problems we face when having problems with our internet or telephone service, we just get transfered to someone overseas now that can never seem to understand Australian language nor are they on the same page.
So how can they safely preform maintenance to an Australian standard.