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[TBM-Legend]

Police probe alleged Qantas plane sabotage
By Kim Lyell
Posted November 02, 2011 11:16:46








Australian Federal Police are investigating the alleged sabotage of a Qantas plane in Brisbane last week.

They say the plane was undergoing maintenance at Brisbane Airport when workers reported damage to wiring in the in-flight entertainment system.

The damage posed no safety risk to the plane.

The incident came just days before Qantas grounded its fleet, because of the ongoing industrial dispute involving three unions.

[peuce]

I thought that's how most Qantas IFE units come .... broken!

[bankrunner]

The whole "sabotage" thing is light on information.

Are we talking about actual sabotage, or just vandalism by bored/angry pax because the IFE was rooted again?

[Comoman]

Original story source was Geoffrey Thomas in The West Australian

Feds probe claims wires cut on Qantas 767 - The West Australian

Read into that what you will

[Tankengine]

So the engineers were away at lunch, and found the damage, so it was not them.
Who had access?

Managers?

[QF94]

So the engineers were away at lunch, and found the damage, so it was not them.
Who had access?

Managers?

That may not be too far from the truth. This happened last Thursday apparently, and only released today. Being in engineering, this information would have flown around the company like wildfire. I never heard a whisper. I don't think any of the engineers would have been gagged. Have you ever tried to gag or shut up an engineer?

Something's not right here. Death threats, sabotage, union disputes and trashing the brand. QF management are desperate to get somebody, anybody on side and will go to any lengths to have that happen.

[Livs Hairdresser]

So, to justify the immediate grounding of the airline QF submits a risk analysis to the FWA saying that employees might intentionally carry out unsafe acts ..... then this appears in the media a couple of days later.

Gee, never saw that one coming.

[ohallen]

And so many similarities to death threats. Light on detail, withheld story until fortuitously it suits the Rats cause (somehow), on first glance and damaging to lames with no substantiation.

I smell a consistent Rat pattern evolving here.

Lets wait and see how this all pans out.

[ALAEA Fed Sec]

and through the entire period of the grounding our members worked away on aircraft as normal.

[ozbiggles]

IF Qantas management were so worried about this, what actions did they take to check all their aircraft.....after all safety is the No 2 priority.......No 1 is shafting their customers.

[Oakape]

It was probably damaged during a stint in overseas maintenance.

[QF94]

It was probably damaged during a stint in overseas maintenance.

Now there's a thought. Damaged wiring overseas, brought back here for repairs.

No, that can't be right. It's the engineers who are out to damage the reputation of the airline and sabotage it. that's why the immediate grounding and threatened lockout of those baaaaad putty tats.

[bankrunner]

Of course, if someone among the rank and file at QF planned to go as far as to deliberately damage an aircraft, why wouldn't they go do it after the grounding had ended?

If they were going to do it at all in the first place, they'd presumably still be bitter and angry enough to do it a couple of days later.

Do I have a valid point, or is QF management's "logic" just lost on me?

[gobbledock]

Interesting thread.
Well I once worked for a major carrier who preferred to investigate acts of sabotage, find the culprits and then pay them out to leave, even though sabotage is a federal offence. Rather than have the person(s) arrested and prosecuted by the federal authorities they chose the ' investigate internally, catch the culprit (employee) and give them a payout to leave please' process as it prevents all that yucky negative media scrutiny and reporting which is bad for the business when sabotage is involved..

[QF94]

Of course, if someone among the rank and file at QF planned to go as far as to deliberately damage an aircraft, why wouldn't they go do it after the grounding had ended?

That is because it was allegedly done last Thursday. The question begs why is this information being released only now and being made public if it is being investigated by the Federal Police?

The airline was grounded immediatley on Saturday 29 October, with a lockout two days later. This was supposedly so that staff would not be distracted by the lockout or sabotage the aircraft. The sabotage, if reports are correct, took place before the event. Not during or after. Is this part of the ploy of Joyce and co to justify their illegitimate actions?

[another superlame]

Livs Hairdresser,

well now I have somewhere to direct my diatribe when she has the unkept hooker look.

[Livs Hairdresser]

Yeah, sorry about that .... there's only so much I can do with an angle grinder

[flyingfox]

I don't believe this story has anything to do with engineers. Management inside job? The fact that the information was fed to GT is suspicious in itself. A story produced to fit the management rhetoric?

[aveng]

IF Qantas management were so worried about this, what actions did they take to check all their aircraft.....after all safety is the No 2 priority.......No 1 is shafting their customers.

Actually safety comes third - you forgot shafting Qantas staff.

[Longbow25]

Sabotage?

Didn't take long for this very convenient crap to surface did it?

There really is no limit to what they will accuse their employees of.

And they wonder why we are so "disengaged".

Engagement is now officially dead with cremation to follow shortly and then I will take up my seat on the river bank.