A380 - VH-OQA Write Off.
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As I mentioned in posts 65 and 73, the QANTAS retention of their insurance will be minimal, they simply don't have that kind of money.
An amount, ($100K is given in post #99), will be retained by the airline, the domestic Australian insurance market will also retain a slightly larger amount, a few million, but the bulk of the cover will be re-insurance into the London market and the other re-insurance markets, like Switzerland, Germany etc. etc.
An amount, ($100K is given in post #99), will be retained by the airline, the domestic Australian insurance market will also retain a slightly larger amount, a few million, but the bulk of the cover will be re-insurance into the London market and the other re-insurance markets, like Switzerland, Germany etc. etc.
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Originally Posted by BEB
Originally Posted by Romulus
"Now there's a job for Mark Arbib!!"
Or are you one of those people who just make snide comments to cover your own insecurities?
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Well hello Romulus, long time no hear.
Originally Posted by BEB
Please, pray tell us how would John Holland go about organising the repair job on the big bird had they been successful in getting the 380 maintenance gig.
If you're asking about Singapore then fly some blokes over, engage with SIAEC etc.
If you're talking Aus then ferry her to Hangar 145 in Melb, apply the approved repair scheme in conjunction with Airbus experts from Toulouse(who I assume QF will also have on hand) and away you go.
There is even an advantage in that, JHAS Hangar 145 keeps her out of the way of regular QF daily operations works. Plus the A380 team would be fully utilised in the repair thus reducing non billable hours, thus reducing overhead costs thus leading to QF getting a reduced hourly rate and subsequent savings.
So to reiterate, in short the same as QF will do.
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I don't think any repairs have started as yet. The airframe is in a preserved state waiting for airbus to get their bit and pieces together before they start.
QF staff are still up there as required for keeping the preservation requirements up to date.
QF staff are still up there as required for keeping the preservation requirements up to date.
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Romulus, going by your reply to my posting it's obvious you are a cross university bean counter/HR goose.
You have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the logistics in doing this kind of repair. It pretty well confirms that you were the idiot who I had a phone interview with when I wanted to satisfy my curiosity and applied for the A380 John Holland gig.
Thank Christ I knocked it back cause God only knows where I'd be now.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the logistics in doing this kind of repair. It pretty well confirms that you were the idiot who I had a phone interview with when I wanted to satisfy my curiosity and applied for the A380 John Holland gig.
Thank Christ I knocked it back cause God only knows where I'd be now.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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Originally Posted by BEB
Romulus, going by your reply to my posting it's obvious you are a cross university bean counter/HR goose.
Feel free to try again.
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You have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the logistics in doing this kind of repair.
Originally Posted by BEB
It pretty well confirms that you were the idiot who I had a phone interview with when I wanted to satisfy my curiosity and applied for the A380 John Holland gig.
Feel free to take an extended lunchbreak so you can continue to believe in your own legend...
For the record, can't have been me as I didn't do any phone interviews but hey, why let that get in the way of your assumptions...
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Thank Christ I knocked it back cause God only knows where I'd be now.
But your statement does make the picture clearer. You're in a nice padded room somewhere surrounded by a whole life support system that means you don't have to face the real world or, God forbid, actually have to take responsibility for anything. Good luck with that BEB, maybe one day you'll be well enough for day release and can attmept a gradual re-entry to the broader civilisation but I suspect not, you seem to be too institutionalised. Hopefully you are happy there, whilst it's not a lifestyle for most people it is certainly all that some people can handle.
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I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
All the best
R
must daddy come and take the toys away???
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Take it up to Longreach and put her on a stick. Think what it will do for the town. NBW would be mortified if she thought she had a lemon named after her. Give her another aircraft. 
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Ok, just ship her up to Warrick, in Longreach, you'r right she would fall off any stick (sticks) you put her on. Your growing quite a stable up there lad, just as well you don't have to feed the buggers. If you have not made the trip to Longreach, put it on your must do list. Its worth it. As far as the aircraft is concerned, QF and Airbus would crawl over hot coals before they write it off, like QF did over the BKK "incident" they will have her flying again even if they have to take the mountain to Mohammed. I know em to well.
'Burn marks found' on Singapore A380 wiring
Feb 3, 2011 SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Thursday it found burn marks on electrical wiring in an Airbus A380 superjumbo after smoke entered a lavatory during a flight earlier this week.
The flight crew activated an extinguisher after smelling smoke coming from one of the aircraft's toilets while the plane was approaching Changi Airport from Hong Kong, said S. Supramaniam, an airline spokesman.
"When the plane landed, our ground crew inspected the aircraft and they discovered some burn marks on some electrical wirings underneath the lavatory, on the cargo hold," he told AFP.
"Airbus and SIA are investigating the matter. We have also inspected all the other A380s and nothing was found."
Supramaniam said there was no fire and the plane landed safely without incident.
SIA became the first airline in the world to commercially fly the double-decker A380 in October 2007. It has 11 A380s in its fleet.
In November last year, an explosion ripped through one engine of an A380 operated by Qantas shortly after takeoff from Singapore with 466 people aboard, forcing it to turn back and make an emergency landing.
by Lachlan Carmichael (c) 2011 AFP
The flight crew activated an extinguisher after smelling smoke coming from one of the aircraft's toilets while the plane was approaching Changi Airport from Hong Kong, said S. Supramaniam, an airline spokesman.
"When the plane landed, our ground crew inspected the aircraft and they discovered some burn marks on some electrical wirings underneath the lavatory, on the cargo hold," he told AFP.
"Airbus and SIA are investigating the matter. We have also inspected all the other A380s and nothing was found."
Supramaniam said there was no fire and the plane landed safely without incident.
SIA became the first airline in the world to commercially fly the double-decker A380 in October 2007. It has 11 A380s in its fleet.
In November last year, an explosion ripped through one engine of an A380 operated by Qantas shortly after takeoff from Singapore with 466 people aboard, forcing it to turn back and make an emergency landing.
by Lachlan Carmichael (c) 2011 AFP