Originally Posted by
Freehills
Why? Because Marketing told them to, that's why. Why would engineers be enraged by a paint job? Special paint jobs are almost always done during a check - highly unlikely that QF would waste hangar time.
EVA have Hello Kitty planes. No howls of outrage from the engineers there
It is more than marketing, some management are being coerced by a media and social networking campaign. And Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, is a social activist on this issue.