Mr Joyce said the airline had "no set time-frame" for when it would close one of the two remaining heavy maintenance bases "but it's something that needs to happen".
What fool makes a major announcement (Politicians excluded) without being able to reveal plans, the "who, where, when, how and why" of the plan?
What a shallow statement from Kim Jong Al. Do they have a core plan, or as he said "It's something that needs to happen" (in his eyes) yet he has no nuts and bolts plan to back up his statement?
Such a large change requires forethought as well as a risk assessment. Can we see it please? How will such a change afffect a number of areas in the airline including safety and compliance? Has this been risk assessed? If so, let us see the documentation, CASA would surely want to see evidence of this, keeping in mind some of the scope of a Safety Management System (QF's is appoved, I mean accepted by the Regulator), and QF should have assessed operational and safety risks as a result of such a big decision, also the company needs to monitor 'the change management process', also in line with their SMS. Or have they made another overnight knee-jerk decision so as to save money and pump up the bonus pot and not considered the aforementioned elements? Is CASA monitoring all this closely and ensuring QF's Holy Grail SMS is being complied with?
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