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Originally Posted by krismiler (Post 11151903)

QF is a terrorist target because it is a symbol of Australia. Have you seen the security at any Australian embassy or high commission ? Putting the flag carrier into a part of the world where it was recently involved in fighting a war alongside the great Satan might not be a good idea. It would be better to use an airline from a country not involved.

I've found it interesting to compare the US/British/Australian embassies with those from small neutral countries. In the first case the premises is usually a fortress, in the second the facility is often in a normal office block with little more security than any other tenant.

You know that Qantas has their own security right, who do all these assessments on whether it’s safe to fly to certain places etc. Jetstar Pacific couldn’t even do a wet lease to an airline in Saudi Arabia without QF Group Security giving it the go ahead.

I did Hajj flights over 2 seasons for a UK airline in the mid 00s. First time round our security department stopped us from slipping in Jeddah at one point as the risk of attack was too high and the operation was staged through Abu Dhabi with Jeddah shuttles. Next time Indonesia was deemed to high a risk in the locations we operated from and crews were put up in Singapore. Considering the cost these changes would have incurred, the threat level must have been up there.