Merged: And another QF Roller goes bang

[StallBoy]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Out saucing and contracting important maintenance to other companies is a peculiar Australian tradition. It all seems to have started in the seventies and has progressed from then. I worked for a large government owned corporation that decided to contract out all our vehicle maintenance. Our vehicle garage had dozens of mechanics and panel beaters and bodybuilders this was all taken over by a single BP garage. Service definitely improved, service times on our cars went from four hours to nearly drive through times over night. The savings were immense but after twelve months of all this quality service it was nearly impossible to get a car or truck or anything with an internal combustion engine as the motive power that worked. To an accountant the bottom line is profit at all cost but it is a bit of a worry that unlike cars and trucks aircraft tend to crash when all motive power is lost.[/font]