It appears that no-one really cares anymore, this story is so bad you could not have scripted it, although it was certainly predicted.
No SAR aircraft in Perth for over 6 months now, nothing in Essendon, no spare, 1/2 a plane in Cairns which is not a pretty hangar queen. Well behind on crew with a non sustainable roster.
But there's more, an engine fire on the ground in ADL toasted a powerplant, thank god it wasnt airborne.
Thats going to set things back further, no way Cobham are going to make any money out of this contract. Unless - you could always reduce pay and conditions and maybe not have as many crew as you said you were going to, maybe just maybe you will break even.
The aircrew must be brave- but someone has to blaze a trail, no pun intended.
whew?