satos

S%it quality eventually leads to an aircraft break down hopefully not in the air.

whatdouknow

What's wrong with engines shutting down, you just fly slower, the less engines the more you will be late!

Imagine if they all shut down, you'd be stuck up there all day!!

company_spy

After much deliberation amongst Qantas Engineers they have all confirmed Sobast must be Mr & Mrs F**K O**

arthur_baird's_dead

I'll confirm that to be true!!!!!!!!!

oil additive

I recall a story told to me from a QF driver about a considerable crack found in the top of the fuselage of a 747-400 purchased from overseas and maintained in Malaysia. Apparently the workers in that particular maintenance facility took to scraping sealant with a Stanley Knife (or similar). Naturally this set up a lovely stress line and after a few cycles it cracked. When QF checked the other 400 purchased from the same place...guess what...the same thing. I can tell you that maintenance is not maintenance!

PLEASE get back to training Australians to maintain Australian aircraft in Australia. Our worldwide reputation for safety and QUALITY in aviation is about to be severly tarnished by foreigners.

End of rant

NAS1801

I was working very close by when Tim found that crack. As I said in another thread, where is Tim now?

He was made redundant. The facility he worked in...closed. A wealth of experience.... gone.

Now look at the state of affairs in engineering.

company_spy

son of bi&#ch ass sucking tu$d .

sobast

BZZZT! Thanks for playing Company Spy. WRONG AGAIN!

arthur_baird's_dead

I heard a rumor that the first piece of tooling to be ordered for team A380 is an iron lung. Thats the only way QF is going to get any work output from their superstar team!!!!!!

Short_Circuit

Thats Gold

sobast

Surely it would be a carbon fibre lung!

chemical alli

thats a bit harsh most of eighteen can swing a snap on .some just take the strap on

Managers Perspective

In all honesty, unless QF can start and turn over more of its engineering staff then the only solution is to fully outsource large parts of its engineering operations.

After reading through all of the sniping and bitching that staff carry on with about their employer it is of no wonder to me that they look for a fresh approach.
Good luck JHAS, surely it will only be by default that the A380 stays with the inhouse flock of seagulls.

MP.

whatdouknow

^So you don't work there...?

If you do you must be a 'head in the sand' Manager with no clue about how to manage, just like the rest.

As for outsource, you haven't seen the state of overseas maintained aircraft then...

NAS1801

Ignore MP, he is just fishing.

chemical alli

will the eighteen stand beside their brothers come january or will they divide and undermine even more of the conditions previuosly fought for.ask some of the pilots involved who broke ranks and see how their lives suffered.what ever the eighteen decide is up to them,some great guys have accepted an oppurtunity for the 380 and i wish them success,but if it all fails and jha win the bid you will have to return to the fold and then stand with your head high.
i also think it is extremely wrong to have to name individuals in a greivance process and to try and propel yourself on the inabilities of others.
to the aggreived ,do you really want it that much to slander said colleagues?

Short_Circuit

Just wondering if anyone knows;

Are “The 18 Bus Boys” still members of the ALAEA?

Secondly, will there be training bans if vote for Protected industrial action wins?

If not, why?

Millet Fanger

Most of the A380 chosen one and a half dozen are decent blokes, but there are a couple who are dead wood.

AP resigned from the Assoc. after the Fat Controller had a word in his ear.

A couple of others have stated that they will follow whatever the ALAEA decide.

QF22

Can you tell us the approx decision date for successful tender for A380 maintenance? Sometime in February I believe?

1746

Well by this account the 380 is probably long gone after a fair and torrid negotiation.... Qantas, Malaysian Airlines sign MoU
Wednesday Dec 19 18:16 AEDT
Qantas has signed a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Malaysian Airlines, MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), to establish a company to provide airframe maintenance services from Malaysia.

Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said the company would target the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market, which is expected to reach $US15 billion ($A17.48 billion) in sales by 2016.

Mr Dixon said the company would perform overflow airframe maintenance for Qantas and its subsidiary airlines.

Mr Dixon said Qantas had for many years contracted overflow engineering work to a variety of MROs in Asian countries.




"The operation in Malaysia will provide the opportunity to consolidate some of this work, while providing further growth for the Qantas group," he said.

Mr Dixon said he was confident the joint venture would create a world class and cost competitive MRO.

"Qantas engineering will have a significant input into the management, engineering and quality system of the new company, which will commence operations in 2008.".

Mr Dixon said the venture built on the $300 million investment Qantas had previously announced for its Australian engineering operations.

"This venture also reflects the Qantas group's objectives of growing our aviation-related businesses into growth markets in Asia and the Pacific," he said.

Malaysia Airlines chief executive and managing director Idris Jala said MAE is "well positioned to build a world class aviation MRO joint venture with Qantas".

"Our priority will be to develop Kuala Lumpur as a hub for the Asia Pacific region for MRO services," he said.

"Malaysia Airlines is already the leading civil MRO provider in Malaysia and this will further cement our position in the region."




It certainly does fill all QFer's with pride!