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ALAEA Leadership Change
Well hopefully not!!!
Then again, the following Qantas press release looks like a changing of the guard at ALAEA is what Qantas is attempting to engineer.
Unfortunately the tatic is all too familar. The innocent and disinterested will be lead to believe that Qantas and ALAEA could be friends, if only it wasn’t for Purvinas and Mates.
Take the bate, change ALAEA’s Leadership at the next elections and B787 Maintenance will certainly go offshore.
Time to decide if you would rather be cat than a mouse.
Then again, the following Qantas press release looks like a changing of the guard at ALAEA is what Qantas is attempting to engineer.
Qantas today strongly refuted claims made by the Federal Secretary of an aviation engineering union regarding maintenance of the aircraft involved in today’s Jetstar inflight incident and diversion to Guam.
Group Executive Qantas Airlines Operations, Mr Lyell Strambi, said the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association’s (ALAEA) Steve Purvinas was well known for making inflammatory statements and not letting the facts get in the way of his story.
“The A330-200 aircraft involved in this incident was delivered new by Airbus in 2007,” Mr Strambi said. “It has since undergone a number of routine maintenance checks – most recently by Qantas Engineering in Melbourne in May this year, while its one and only heavy maintenance check was done by Lufthansa Technik in Manila in December 2008.
“We don’t resile from this in any way and Mr Purvinas is deliberately twisting words in suggesting Jetstar has tried to link the issue to Qantas engineers in Australia.”
Mr Strambi said the union also knew that: - where Qantas Engineering does not have the capacity to do work in Australia, it is done by reputable overseas providers. They are certified by CASA and Qantas and their work is overseen by on-site Qantas engineers; and- Qantas recently announced that Qantas Group A330 heavy maintenance would be undertaken in Brisbane from 2010.“Qantas always has high levels of oversight in place, so where maintenance takes place is not relevant,” Mr Strambi said.
“Had Mr Purvinas checked his facts and been able to think outside his narrow industrial agenda, as any good engineer would, he would know that the electrical connector that caused the Jetstar incident was not part of the work undertaken in Manila last year. “There has been no requirement to touch this component since the aircraft was delivered, there is no history of it being an issue with our A330 fleet and there have been no directives from Airbus covering this component.
“And had he checked, he would know that the B747 issue referred to was fully and independently investigated by the ATSB. The issue was known to Boeing, which was developing a modification to address it and the ATSB could not link the issue with any previous heavy maintenance work. “Qantas is committed to the highest operational and safety standards, and the ALAEA is slandering the hard work of its members when it makes baseless and ill-informed claims regarding our engineering operations.”
Issued by Qantas Corporate Communication
Group Executive Qantas Airlines Operations, Mr Lyell Strambi, said the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association’s (ALAEA) Steve Purvinas was well known for making inflammatory statements and not letting the facts get in the way of his story.
“The A330-200 aircraft involved in this incident was delivered new by Airbus in 2007,” Mr Strambi said. “It has since undergone a number of routine maintenance checks – most recently by Qantas Engineering in Melbourne in May this year, while its one and only heavy maintenance check was done by Lufthansa Technik in Manila in December 2008.
“We don’t resile from this in any way and Mr Purvinas is deliberately twisting words in suggesting Jetstar has tried to link the issue to Qantas engineers in Australia.”
Mr Strambi said the union also knew that: - where Qantas Engineering does not have the capacity to do work in Australia, it is done by reputable overseas providers. They are certified by CASA and Qantas and their work is overseen by on-site Qantas engineers; and- Qantas recently announced that Qantas Group A330 heavy maintenance would be undertaken in Brisbane from 2010.“Qantas always has high levels of oversight in place, so where maintenance takes place is not relevant,” Mr Strambi said.
“Had Mr Purvinas checked his facts and been able to think outside his narrow industrial agenda, as any good engineer would, he would know that the electrical connector that caused the Jetstar incident was not part of the work undertaken in Manila last year. “There has been no requirement to touch this component since the aircraft was delivered, there is no history of it being an issue with our A330 fleet and there have been no directives from Airbus covering this component.
“And had he checked, he would know that the B747 issue referred to was fully and independently investigated by the ATSB. The issue was known to Boeing, which was developing a modification to address it and the ATSB could not link the issue with any previous heavy maintenance work. “Qantas is committed to the highest operational and safety standards, and the ALAEA is slandering the hard work of its members when it makes baseless and ill-informed claims regarding our engineering operations.”
Issued by Qantas Corporate Communication
Unfortunately the tatic is all too familar. The innocent and disinterested will be lead to believe that Qantas and ALAEA could be friends, if only it wasn’t for Purvinas and Mates.
Take the bate, change ALAEA’s Leadership at the next elections and B787 Maintenance will certainly go offshore.
Time to decide if you would rather be cat than a mouse.
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Qantas and ALAEA could be friends, if only it wasn’t for Purvinas and Mates.
Hardly........It's been several months since the 'we have to work together and move forward' agenda was touted by the company. The trust is still not there, especially after the Avalon fiasco.
I have been extremely impressed by the team at Bexley. These individuals are very proactive with our interests and have dissminated much information and in a timely manner. I hardly think that any 'buggery' by QF management will have any bearing on the voting of the engineers in the ALAEA.
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Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway stood by his statements
and told The Age the less than two-year old plane was checked in Australia only last month.
"The last major check on that aircraft is what's called an A-check was undertaken in May of this year
and it was undertaken by Qantas engineering in Australia,'' Mr Westaway said.
Good on you Fed Sec for correcting his mistake...
But Steve Purvinas, the engineers association's federal secretary, said
the Jetstar A330 last underwent major maintenance in Manila in December 2008.
That seems right to me, Line maintenance lames doing A checks is
nothing like a major maintenace check.
And good on you Mr Stambi for correcting Qantas' mistake of
never promoting an inhouse A330 major maintenance program.
ALAEA leadership change?? you've got to be joking right??
and told The Age the less than two-year old plane was checked in Australia only last month.
"The last major check on that aircraft is what's called an A-check was undertaken in May of this year
and it was undertaken by Qantas engineering in Australia,'' Mr Westaway said.
Good on you Fed Sec for correcting his mistake...
But Steve Purvinas, the engineers association's federal secretary, said
the Jetstar A330 last underwent major maintenance in Manila in December 2008.
That seems right to me, Line maintenance lames doing A checks is
nothing like a major maintenace check.
And good on you Mr Stambi for correcting Qantas' mistake of
never promoting an inhouse A330 major maintenance program.
ALAEA leadership change?? you've got to be joking right??
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I will definitely be voting them back in.
Most impressed by the way they handled the last EBA negotiations.
Any one that QF management want in I will not be voting for!! Especially after the previous QF stooges that were in when SYD HM closed down and they stood back and let it happen with no reaction for weeks. And also EBA where we accepted less in the 2nd vote than the 1st vote??
Most impressed by the way they handled the last EBA negotiations.
Any one that QF management want in I will not be voting for!! Especially after the previous QF stooges that were in when SYD HM closed down and they stood back and let it happen with no reaction for weeks. And also EBA where we accepted less in the 2nd vote than the 1st vote??
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If these guys stand, they'll win.Over and out.
no one is perfect, SP can say the wrong thing at times, we all do.
its just the usual argy bargy of "interests' marking their territory.
An A chk is a fairly low level maintenance check.For Mr Strambi to call it a major chk is nonsense.
Trying to draw attention to this incident without due proof it is due to any OS maintenance also nonsense.
However, the public belief is out there that OS maint is causing trouble.
On those grounds one nil to the alaea. The buses are coming back here and good on qantas for doing so whatever the reasons.
As proof of what was successful and what was not how many of the get tough / buggery campaign are still employed at qantas.Very few.
no one is perfect, SP can say the wrong thing at times, we all do.
its just the usual argy bargy of "interests' marking their territory.
An A chk is a fairly low level maintenance check.For Mr Strambi to call it a major chk is nonsense.
Trying to draw attention to this incident without due proof it is due to any OS maintenance also nonsense.
However, the public belief is out there that OS maint is causing trouble.
On those grounds one nil to the alaea. The buses are coming back here and good on qantas for doing so whatever the reasons.
As proof of what was successful and what was not how many of the get tough / buggery campaign are still employed at qantas.Very few.
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The majority of the engineers are not stupid and can see past the usual QF rhetoric. These statements are usually made to protect QF's image with the travelling public. We all know whats going on......
Is QF doing the A380?
Well we once did. http://www.aviationnews.com.au/PastI.../P17(0206).pdf http://www.travelmole.com/stories/107740.php
Companies are run by individuals, Unions are run by their members. Hence when you take a swipe at a union you are taking a swipe at the workforce it represents.
Take the bate, change ALAEA’s Leadership at the next elections and B787 Maintenance will certainly go offshore.
Mr Strambi said the union also knew that: - where Qantas Engineering does not have the capacity to do work in Australia
Companies are run by individuals, Unions are run by their members. Hence when you take a swipe at a union you are taking a swipe at the workforce it represents.
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I think the company would try whatever tactics it can to get rid of Steve before our next eba is due because they are **** scared of having to deal with him again.
I hope he is still there as he did a great job last time.
I hope he is still there as he did a great job last time.
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Must say that during my time at the Helm of AIPA, I worked with the Cousins/Purvinas Team on a number of maintenance matters and believe that ALAEA's current Leadership has the Insight, Courage and Determination to drive sustainable, pragmatic outcomes.
I sincerely hope that the Lame Membership has the collective wisdom to understand and endorse what Steve's strong leadership has and will achieve.
Regards to All
I sincerely hope that the Lame Membership has the collective wisdom to understand and endorse what Steve's strong leadership has and will achieve.
Regards to All
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As I don't work for QF I can't comment on the A330 maintenance issue. However, I have met Steve, and can say that he is passionate in looking after the interests of all the ALAEA members.
Good on you Steve and keep up the good work
Good on you Steve and keep up the good work
