Even Qantas in-house media is sometimes wrong

[Ken Borough]

We often complain about the inaccuracy of the mainstream media when they 'get it wrong' on technical matters (and not so technical matters) but I thought that at least Qantas would get it right in their staff paper "Qantas News". In the current issue there's a story about the special flights to Phuket to rescue travellers stranded there after the recent political protests. In the story there's this little gem: "After finishing their patterns in Australia, they were patched to Singapore...............".


Maybe the work experience kiddies who now infest Qantas are reinventing the terminology of the industry but I have to ask why do we expect so much of the lay media?


I wonder if high-speed tape was used in the patching? :{:{

[mcgrath50]

Isn't that just a typo? It's hardly as bad as calling a 767 a 747 or whatever the regular media does these days :ugh:

[packrat]

DES...patched.
Who believes Qantas inhouse media...its all spin...everything is just dandy.
NOT!

[Old Fella]

Maybe they sent them by telephone, as in "We will patch you through".

[mustafagander]

Yes, every now and then the powers that be "Phuket up", don't they.

Ah yes, the Good Old Days when people in airlines who were allowed to comment publicly knew WTF they were talking about.