@another superlame,
Another nail in the coffin is the fact that QF have sent OQD to Manila for a reconfig plus wing inspections and repairs plus lightning strike repairs. Plus the IFE WiFi Satcom upgrade.
All this with no Qantas LAMEs to over see the operation. No Airbus field support engineers.
All this to a facility that has not yet seen an A380 in anger.
It can end 2 ways, in tears for all the QF managers trying to save a peso, who the have to explain why the aircraft is parked in Sydney for a week on its return
You forget that these new generation aircraft don't require the maintenance the older aircraft once needed. Not in Australia anyway.
I hope they fix the RAT on that aircraft while it's up there, if it hasn't been fixed yet. It takes a bit of time to blow dry the RAT every transit.
The coffin for QANTAS is pretty well nailed shut. It's just waiting for the eulogy before being lowered into the grave. The eulogy, for those close to QANTAS would be:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Walking Beside Us...Always
QANTAS, shared our lives for many years and we will always hold its memory as a keepsake in our heart.
As we look back at the yesterdays that we shared with you - we remember with gratitude; we remember with a saddened yet happy heart.
We will always look back on our time with you and we will always think of you with love, friendship, courage and admiration!
And today as we sit in the silence, we feel you still, ever near.
As we sit here, we miss you - but not with a burdened heart and a bowed head.
We miss you for the laughter we shared; we miss you for friendships forged; we miss you in the defiant moments when you stood your ground - resolute in your faith and purpose...and we miss you, each of us in our own personal ways, for all the special intangible ways that you touched our hearts - ways that cannot be defined by words.
Memories of you mold easily to our hearts - familiar, comforting...part of us!
QANTAS - you have taken the last step on your journey home and although you may be gone...you will never be forgotten.
In the tomorrows still to come you will walk beside us in the sunshine and the rain; we will speak your name often...and we will close our eyes and smile...because you lived!