A Qantas spokesperson in a statement said MoD had brought the company into line with aircraft manufacturer guidelines
This never ceases to amaze me, I never worked for Qantas and thankfully I am retired now, however I spent a lot of time at Boeing over the years, including for the introduction of the B767 and later the B737, we as Australian LAMEs could not believe Boeing's guidelines for maintenance, basically they considered very little maintenance was needed, like their training which was never enough for CASA.
We were also told many times at Boeing that IF they had their way there would be NO, that is correct, NO Pilots as we know you on their aircraft.
