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Thread ID: 96213	2009-01-02 21:56:00	QANTAS problems again	kenj (9738)	PC World Chat

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734601	2009-01-05 19:15:00	Despite all of these incidents recently, air travel is still one of the safest forms of transportation available. Think about how many flights come and go from Auckland airport every day, versus how many accidents happen. Compared with trains, buses, cars, boats, the rate is virtually zero. To coin the old phrase..."Flying is the safest way to fly" :banana Ken	kenj (9738)
734602	2009-01-06 10:20:00	Air travel is remarkedly safe, all aircraft experience some technical glitches in their life - Most crtical aircraft systems have back-ups frequently Triplex systems for the most critical. The thing that really matters is whether the manufacturers and Aircraft Licencing Authorities address the problems properly when they arise. All this aside, human error is still the major cause of aircraft accidents. Incidently, QANTAS has become a media target, with virtually every incident, minor or major, getting a press report after they elected to outsource aircraft major servicing in Singapore.	KenESmith (6287)
734603	2009-01-06 17:50:00	Incidently, QANTAS has become a media target, with virtually every incident, minor or major, getting a press report after they elected to outsource aircraft major servicing in Singapore. Not without reason. In our case, in 2000 we were held up in Auckland for nearly an hour while tech blokes fixed an onboard electronics problem. The linking flight to Cairns was held back at Brisbane for all of us and we rushed from one airplane to another only to be disembarked as that airplane had a hydraulic fault. That was a 3hr wait in the airport as they had to take a unit off another airplane as they had no spares in Brisbane. QANTAS bought us lunch that day in the form of a voucher for a food shop in the airport. (Got brownie points for that.) A QANTAS techie I was talking to said they seemed to have quite a rash of problems during the previous year and was quite embarassed about it all, and totally pissed off with the company because of it. Mind you, the Aussie service blokes screwed QANTAS and Ansett (Which was one of the reasons for Ansetts demise.) I believe the total $cost per man hour was nearly twice that of Air New Zealand. Probably why they ended up losing their contract. Ken	kenj (9738)
734604	2009-01-06 20:19:00	If God intended us to fly, she would never have given us the railways.	R2x1 (4628)
734605	2009-01-06 21:28:00	If God intended us to fly, she would never have given us the railways. "She?"... you devil, you!! :D	kenj (9738)
734606	2009-01-06 21:43:00	Re Quantas they recently found an engineer had faked his certifates and had been working on engines for over a year ! Much of their maintenance is outsourced (done cheaper) to Asia Re the Airbus incidents over Western Australia (I think there have been 2 or more) someone said they other it is near a US spy station. That may be upsetting the planes electronics.	Digby (677)
734607	2009-01-06 22:15:00	Re Quantas they recently found an engineer had faked his certifates and had been working on engines for over a year ! Much of their maintenance is outsourced (done cheaper) to Asia Re the Airbus incidents over Western Australia (I think there have been 2 or more) someone said they other it is near a US spy station. That may be upsetting the planes electronics. You get what you pay for. What do you want? engineers with 30 yrs plus experience on the most modern planes of the day or some ex air force peasant who worked on MIG15 and 17s. Singapore fine but Malaysia and Commie China are dodgy as in heavy plane maintenance. We sent Lycoming aircraft engine from Cessna 172 to Singapore for recon it come back better than new.	prefect (6291)
734608	2009-01-07 01:43:00	"She?"... you devil, you!! :D When stirring it is best to use both hands ;)	R2x1 (4628)
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