As someone in the industry once said to me, he would blame the Kennedy Assassination on off shore maintenance if he could. Yes, I have known some remarkable engineers who I respect and none of them would have carried on with this sort of apparent sensationalism.
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Did Senior Management also have a pay freeze. Yes. Bang - point lost again - case dismissed. Rather amazingly the vast majority of these options vested after the "confronting loss" which amounted to a write down (management timed) of the International fleet in FY14. Amazingly, the options gifted at substantive discounts could be exercised at huge upside to the insiders. The pay freeze however stuck. The underlying issue is that current accounting/tax rules essentially force an Australian airline to keep aircraft for 20 years otherwise they take a financial hit from retiring the aircraft early. It could be argued that by not purchasing more new aircraft now, Joyce is doing future management a very big favour by not lumbering them with ongoing depreciation costs for aircraft that may become obsolete/inefficient in less that the required 20 year life of the aircraft. He is allowing future management the flexibility to purchase the most efficient and suitable aircraft at that time. Qantas was asked in FY14 whether changes to depreciation schedules were warranted. Qantas did not consider change necessary. (www.aph.gov.au) The current Capital expenditure requirements are increasing; the fleet is aging. By delaying purchasing new aircraft management also benefit from some supercharged bonuses in the meantime with their resignation occurring just in time for fleet replacement. Precisely the concern expressed by several analysts. |
$54m of bonuses were paid to non management staff who accepted the pay freeze. Another convenient missing fact! To be honest any bonus/bribe that's been offered to non-executive staff since the freeze has been of so little relative consequence compared to the amounts being apportioned to executive staff. I really wouldn't care if I was never offered another bonus and saved the company having to manage a token Staff Travel offering, but I do get frustrated at an adversarial Industrial Relations culture where the groups that have so much to offer the company are treated with disdain. |
Purvinas has got grievances going back years, at least to the shutdown in 2011. But he’s gone too far this time. Virgins B737-800 fleet is almost as big as the Qantas fleet. Shut both fleets down and domestic aviation and short-haul international stops. Isn’t going to happen. Corporate lawyers are salivating.
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Originally Posted by George Glass
(Post 10607270)
Purvinas has got grievances going back years, at least to the shutdown in 2011. But he’s gone too far this time. Virgins B737-800 fleet is almost as big as the Qantas fleet. Shut both fleets down and domestic aviation and short-haul international stops. Isn’t going to happen. Corporate lawyers are salivating.
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Disseminating false information with the intent to harm a business. If you are who you say you are you should be aware that this sort of BS from you and the TWU precipitated the shutdown in 2011. That was a really stupid overreaction by management but it was even dummer tactics by unions that caused it. If you think you can get away with this sort of irresponsible grandstanding you are wrong. Remember that the shut down hurt a lot of people with long memories. And no, I’m not a management troll, just a line driver that cant understand why unions never learn. Hope you’ve got good legal advice.
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5000 jobs
Originally Posted by JamieMaree
(Post 10607158)
“I have to wonder who the own goal kicker is really representing?. New aircraft = less maintenance whilst older aircraft = more maintenance = more work for the people he represents.”
It is a pathetic attempted payback for having his a*se well and truly kicked in 2011 and the subsequent loss of in the order of 5000 engineering jobs. Whilst you are at it,maybe you can tell us where the 5000 jobs in engineering were lost,the truth is Steve Purvinas saved the jobs of EVERYONE,so again,please enlighten us all as to where the 5000 jobs were lost from! |
What do you call a group of angels? A flock? Whatever they are, they are posting here today.
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A vacuum of angels |
I’m sure its all a big chuckle if you don’t have a dog in the fight.
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Originally Posted by AerialPerspective
(Post 10607228)
VA does ALL its maintenance off shore and never a peep about that.
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Romper bomper stomper boo, tell me,tell me, tell me do, magic mirror tell me today. Have all my Angels come to play? I see Olex, I see Ben, I see Doubtfire, I see Hailstorm, I see Just for Men, I see every suckhole who has no credibility clinging on to an office job because they are ordinary pilots, and then I see Winston. You are special. And don’t let anyone tell you different Forrest. |
So has this crappy news piece done more harm than good to the LAME EBA negotiations. I know he means well but I cringe listening to him talk in the media.
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Originally Posted by JamieMaree
(Post 10607232)
The legend tells lies and is a distorter of the facts. From tonight’s news quoting him
” as the FAA says this could cause loss of control and Qantas shouldn’t be flying them” unquote How does someone like him who has an opinion on everything get that wrong... Federal Aviation Administration... some lack of attention to detail right there. This guy just gives the impression if Qantas said the tails of the affected aircraft were red, he’d insist they were green... |
It’s only human nature...
Qantas management have done so much to deride, antagonise, be obtuse with using double standards & selective facts against most segments of their work-force. It doesn’t really surprise me that, in an unfortunate development like these pickle forks cracks, there has been a response “in kind”.
Regrettable? Sure. Is there a different/better way? Possibly.... but you reap what is sown. Engagement anyone? |
Originally Posted by Jetsbest
(Post 10607757)
Qantas management have done so much to deride, antagonise, be obtuse with using double standards & selective facts against most segments of their work-force. It doesn’t really surprise me that, in an unfortunate development like these pickle forks cracks, there has been a response “in kind”.
Regrettable? Sure. Is there a different/better way? Possibly.... but you reap what is sown. Engagement anyone? When airlines, a very people dependent business and this style of management come together, it is axiomatic that the response will be delivered in kind. October 2011 was designed to strike fear and doubt into employees, irrespective of the cost. There are notable exceptions to this "model" . “A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.” – Herb Kelleher Qantas had a real opportunity to change the way it engages its workforce, however the confluence of two defective characters (Clifford and Joyce) and an industrial landscape ripe for testing meant the relationship deteriorated even further. Little Napoleon can surround himself with IR, flank himself with security and get whisked from the basement to home with security mapping his every move, but the fish rots from the head. |
I. R machine at V2
Joyce and Co are doing the usual, using speech such as ‘minor crack’, ‘hairline crack’ etc, not telling the public how hairline cracks can turn into major cracks and even Hull losses. Although unrelated to an extent, research American Airlines Flight 191 and Aloha Airlines Flight 243. Both accidents started with ‘hairline cracks’. Yes - different accidents and a different root cause for how and why the cracks occurred, but it still started with a crack. Purvinas isn’t in the business of ‘selling seats’ and spinning stories. His business is aircraft engineering and maintenance. I would listen to him over the spin doctors at QF any day. The outcome of this will be fine - inspections and audits completed, remedies out in place, parts replaced/repaired, everyone soldiers on. But a reasonable person could question whether an ageing fleet is part of a broader problem. And there is no doubt in my mind that Joyce is keeping the Rat’s head treading just above water. He will retire, fly off into the sunset with his husband and leave behind an airline which looks great on paper but below the surface is a financial disaster just waiting to happen. |
Wooooooo!!!
The wings are going to fall off, the wings are going to fall off!!! F&*^%$ ground everything!!! Immediately!!! Runs panicking down the hallway, arms flailing everywhere... Thanks - but I'll believe the calm and credible lady in the uniform on the telly last night who repeated the detail from the AD. Oh - right, I forgot - she's a company stooge, or even worse, management...? And I'm a troll...? |
Nope. Just a tool! |
Tartare, any with cracks are to be grounded immediately. Boeing has yet to come up with a repair scheme, so the grounding could be lengthy.. Qantas doesn’t want to look for cracks earlier than the AD specifies because it would be very inconvenient to find them early. That is what Purvinas is angling at. Inspection apparently takes about an hour. ‘’The AD specifies 7 days for high time aircraft and within about 4 months (1000 cycles) for low time aircraft from my reading of the AD. ‘As for Qantas commitment to safety, don’t make me laugh. My bet is that repairs will be subcontracted overseas. |
Originally Posted by wondrousbitofrough
(Post 10607405)
Funny, I was working on a couple of VA aircraft this week, at an Australian port...
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Originally Posted by What The
(Post 10607934)
Nope. Just a tool! Posting in this particular part of the forum is like rolling up your sleeves and stepping into an Irish bar brawl... |
Originally Posted by Sunfish
(Post 10607948)
Tartare, any with cracks are to be grounded immediately. Boeing has yet to come up with a repair scheme, so the grounding could be lengthy.. Qantas doesn’t want to look for cracks earlier than the AD specifies because it would be very inconvenient to find them early. That is what Purvinas is angling at. Inspection apparently takes about an hour. ‘’The AD specifies 7 days for high time aircraft and within about 4 months (1000 cycles) for low time aircraft from my reading of the AD. ‘As for Qantas commitment to safety, don’t make me laugh. My bet is that repairs will be subcontracted overseas. There's a certain degree of arrogance in the assumption that only Australian Engineers can do a good job, yet all the aircraft are built overseas... so you can't have it both ways. How is it that Qantas with a fleet of 75 737s can be the only option for repair??? Southwest operates nearly 800 737s, how could they possibly not be more expert in their maintenance. It always amuses me, not trusting offshore maintenance when at least some of those countries build components for airliners. |
Purvinas isn’t in the business of ‘selling seats’ and spinning stories. His business is aircraft engineering and maintenance. I would listen to him over the spin doctors at QF any day. The outcome of this will be fine - inspections and audits completed, remedies out in place, parts replaced/repaired, everyone soldiers on. But a reasonable person could question whether an ageing fleet is part of a broader problem Engineers have long term ambition to make sure aircraft are safe. Engineers like pilots carry the burden of hull loss personally. Andrew David or whoever else is wheeled out know little of what they speak and are in the event of a hull loss, well insulated. |
Originally Posted by AerialPerspective
(Post 10607966)
And so what if it is... all this crap about 'offshoring'... I'm old enough to remember ALL of the MAJOR maintenance on 747-238Bs being done exclusively by United Air Lines in San Francisco for many years until the fleet grew to a point where it was economical to do it in Australia.
There's a certain degree of arrogance in the assumption that only Australian Engineers can do a good job, yet all the aircraft are built overseas... so you can't have it both ways. How is it that Qantas with a fleet of 75 737s can be the only option for repair??? Southwest operates nearly 800 737s, how could they possibly not be more expert in their maintenance. It always amuses me, not trusting offshore maintenance when at least some of those countries build components for airliners. The Dollar will always drive the quality of offshore maintenance - not the skill level. |
Originally Posted by Sunfish
(Post 10607948)
Qantas doesn’t want to look for cracks earlier than the AD specifies because it would be very inconvenient to find them early... |
Sunfish, do you ever re-read your posts before you hit send?
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Originally Posted by Bug Smasher Smasher
(Post 10608014)
Might want to check your facts there champ.
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Qantas doesn’t want to look for cracks earlier than the AD specifies because it would be very inconvenient to find them early...
Originally Posted by Bug Smasher Smasher
(Post 10608014)
Might want to check your facts there champ.
Qantas did not originally pull these checks forward (even though Virgin had). Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack. They reported it. The manager went off his tree at them for seeking defects they weren't asked to look for. Qantas had no option other than to check their aircraft after one was found cracked. Now Qantas could check the other aircraft, it takes no longer than an hour with a torch and a rag. They will not because if they do the aircraft must be immediately grounded. I found it confronting today to have Qantas say that these cracks pose no real danger even if an aircraft continues to fly. If that is the case, why is an aircraft with a found crack immediately grounded as per the FAA AD. BTW, the same AD says that these cracks could cause the loss of control of the airplane. This is a serious issue that Qantas are playing down for the sake of profit. |
Originally Posted by ALAEA Fed Sec
(Post 10608022)
Qantas doesn’t want to look for cracks earlier than the AD specifies because it would be very inconvenient to find them early...
Hi guys thought I would check in. Various opinions on here. If I had a little more time I would debunk everything said but I'll tackle this one for now. Qantas did not originally pull these checks forward (even though Virgin had). Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack. They reported it. The manager went off his tree at them for seeking defects they weren't asked to look for. Qantas had no option other than to check their aircraft after one was found cracked. Now Qantas could check the other aircraft, it takes no longer than an hour with a torch and a rag. They will not because if they do the aircraft must be immediately grounded. I found it confronting today to have Qantas say that these cracks pose no real danger even if an aircraft continues to fly. If that is the case, why is an aircraft with a found crack immediately grounded as per the FAA AD. BTW, the same AD says that these cracks could cause the loss of control of the airplane. This is a serious issue that Qantas are playing down for the sake of profit. Are there a whole lot of options vesting this week? Candidly, Andrew David is not credible on a good day. Where is the CEO? |
Originally Posted by George Glass
(Post 10607302)
Disseminating false information with the intent to harm a business. If you are who you say you are you should be aware that this sort of BS from you and the TWU precipitated the shutdown in 2011. That was a really stupid overreaction by management but it was even dummer tactics by unions that caused it. If you think you can get away with this sort of irresponsible grandstanding you are wrong. Remember that the shut down hurt a lot of people with long memories. And no, I’m not a management troll, just a line driver that cant understand why unions never learn. Hope you’ve got good legal advice.
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Thanks for the 'horses mouth' comment Steve. And I suspect on that point I speak for probably every non angel here!
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Qantas cracks.....a serious escalation??
Steve, there were a couple of things that you said which are concerning, however if what you said here is is true; “Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack. They reported it. The manager went off his tree at them for seeking defects they weren't asked to look for”. Then there are some serious issues with the carrier. That is downright frightening. That particular Supervisors comment flows against the grain of ‘safety’ and is as low as you can get. A willingness to overlook a crack, a potentially serious safety issue, because the crack wasn’t on a prior checklist??? WTF!! Is this really the type of lowball unsafe culture that the CEO and Board are striving for? I know this may sound amusing but ‘where might CASA be’? They would be crapping themselves, not because of the risk to passenger safety (the Regulators number one priority apparently), but because they are scared of Qantas and are adverse to touching the protected Roo due to a fear of upsetting the nations politicians. There are so many very serious questions to be asked about this. I really hope that the media run with this story and that the ‘24 million dollar man’ is finally dragged out from under his rock and exposed for what he has turned the airline into - a money making entity for management only. What a disgrace. |
White Kangaroo Logo - methinks not
Mr Joyce's systematic degradation of the fleet and engineering training has been covered up with beautiful coats of positive media spin and spit polish.
He has turned the once robust and resilient framework of QANTAS into a freshly painted termite ridden structure. - Looks great until you apply some load to it or tap it with a screw driver. They could replace the White Roo with a White Ant! |
Originally Posted by Paragraph377
(Post 10608030)
Steve, there were a couple of things that you said which are concerning, however if what you said here is is true; “Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack. They reported it. The manager went off his tree at them for seeking defects they weren't asked to look for”. Then there are some serious issues with the carrier. That is downright frightening. That particular Supervisors comment flows against the grain of ‘safety’ and is as low as you can get. A willingness to overlook a crack, a potentially serious safety issue, because the crack wasn’t on a prior checklist??? WTF!! Is this really the type of lowball unsafe culture that the CEO and Board are striving for? I know this may sound amusing but ‘where might CASA be’? They would be crapping themselves, not because of the risk to passenger safety (the Regulators number one priority apparently), but because they are scared of Qantas and are adverse to touching the protected Roo due to a fear of upsetting the nations politicians. There are so many very serious questions to be asked about this. I really hope that the media run with this story and that the ‘24 million dollar man’ is finally dragged out from under his rock and exposed for what he has turned the airline into - a money making entity for management only. What a disgrace. |
Originally Posted by ALAEA Fed Sec
(Post 10608027)
Will be back later George.....hoping by then you can explain what the false information was.
Cast the mind back a way and there was Little Napoleon calling his pilots "kamikazes" |
Originally Posted by Paragraph377
(Post 10608030)
Steve, there were a couple of things that you said which are concerning, however if what you said here is is true; “Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack. They reported it. The manager went off his tree at them for seeking defects they weren't asked to look for”. Then there are some serious issues with the carrier. That is downright frightening. That particular Supervisors comment flows against the grain of ‘safety’ and is as low as you can get. A willingness to overlook a crack, a potentially serious safety issue, because the crack wasn’t on a prior checklist??? WTF!! Is this really the type of lowball unsafe culture that the CEO and Board are striving for? I know this may sound amusing but ‘where might CASA be’? They would be crapping themselves, not because of the risk to passenger safety (the Regulators number one priority apparently), but because they are scared of Qantas and are adverse to touching the protected Roo due to a fear of upsetting the nations politicians. There are so many very serious questions to be asked about this. I really hope that the media run with this story and that the ‘24 million dollar man’ is finally dragged out from under his rock and exposed for what he has turned the airline into - a money making entity for management only. What a disgrace. https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/...eral-jets.html When the cracks were first discovered, Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) boss Steven Purvinas, said any unchecked aircraft should not be flying. Andrew David, the chief executive of Qantas Domestic, described calls to ground its entire fleet of 737s as "irresponsible". |
I know this may sound amusing but ‘where might CASA be’? |
Originally Posted by ALAEA Fed Sec
(Post 10608022)
Qantas Engineers in Bne were working in the landing gear bay and noticed the crack.
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Originally Posted by dragon man
(Post 10608020)
The information I’m getting is that sunfish is correct. The AD was issued on the 3rd of October by their own admission the inspections were started 7 days ago. (2) Prior to the accumulation of 22,600 total flight cycles, or within 1,000 flight cycles after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later. |
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