Originally Posted by rudderless
Ugly American: seats come loose on ‘Kafkaesque’ Qantas partner | Australian Aviation Magazine
A loose seat is not an aircraft dropping out of the sky.
Not saying that it's right, but I have no doubt this has happened plenty of times before regardless of maintenance undertaken. I've flown on several Qantas flights with broken chairs where I spent the entire flight continually trying to pull my chair forward rather than fully recline into the person behind me because the damn thing wouldn't lock.