QANTAS says it no longer conducts heavy maintenance at a Lufthansa Technik facility in The Philippines that has caused concern at the US Federal Aviation Administration. According to a Bloomberg report, US FAA inspection records show the facility repeatedly had difficulty in following US regulations on matters ranging from record-keeping to calibrating tools used to make repairs. Also cited were recurring problems with training workers to FAA standards and the lack of familiarity with US regulations of Lufthansa Technik Philippines in-house inspectors. The records cover inspections from 2008 through to last month. Lufthansa said none of the problems cited in the inspections had affected safety. The facility is reconfiguring some A380 interiors for Qantas, but the airline has moved A330 maintenance to Brisbane.
reported in The Australian today as well.
Short haul | The Australian