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What would you say at a BBQ if asked about the safety of this airline and Australia's new system of maint, and our government?
I would say that we are now just starting to catch up to world standards.
The changes are fully supported by the major aircraft manufacturers and government.
But as we progress there are those that are adversely affected by the change, and some of those are squealing like pigs as they try to hold on to the "good old days" when there was plenty of profit in the business.
MP
MP it behoves you to read the transcript of the FWA hearing on 14 June re MoD. Available
here.
It's revealing that from testimony provided by QF management, every domestic operator EXCEPT QANTAS provides pilots with classroom preflight check training and the latest safety and maintenance updates LAMEs receive. It's revealing - and appalling - that the FWA commissioners make specific mention of those facts.
So at a BBQ when asked if Qantas Domestic is still safe to fly I have a moral obligation to reply rather equivocally "well yes, but less so than every other operator including Tiger, and here's why (for the two reasons stated above)."