4PWs, how's Japan treating you?
Anyway I think you're spot on. For the so-called "lull" season where planes are meant to be on the ground getting maintained, the number of birds going tech is unacceptable! The support systems don't seem to work either - imagine out of SIN no one calls you to tell you of a 5hr flight delay until you're at the airport, and you get to the plane and a bunch of engineers are huddled over the console and the plane has been on the ground 10 hrs!
Everyone knows HR worldwide is scum but to see planes being dispatched out of base with so many MELs during the season when they are meant to all be fixed is a worrying indication of the underlying situation.