Qantas told to shape up

Tuesday 02nd September, 07:22 AM JST

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javnation at 12:35 PM JST - 2nd September

Qantas is on it's way down. With morons at the helm. Ship maintenance overseas to save a few dollars, but how many lives will it end up costing.... Cut the massive salaries of the morons and spend it on maintenance!

Jav
Peaceful_Man at 01:14 PM JST - 2nd September

Qantas had quality maintenance engineers and pilots, that led to a great safety record. Now the corporate heads have gone offshore to save a few dollars while they line their pockets with fat salaries. Not a good recipie
Altria at 01:47 PM JST - 2nd September

Did the regulators burst into a Qantas board meeting singing that song from Grease?
OgieDoggie at 02:55 PM JST - 2nd September

Australia’s national aviation body said Monday that Qantas must improve its aircraft maintenance procedures in order to avoid future safety problems-

"avoid future safety problems" like a plane crashing into the ground? No problem just have the plane crash overseas were the maintenance is done..Cheap maintenance and harder to sue and prove if crash is overseas.
bushlover at 05:36 PM JST - 2nd September

So if Quantas maintenance is outsourced why does QUANTAS have to improve it's maintenance? Shouldn't the outsourced company improve? I hope it's not some Chinese company. I mean chinese and quality can't go in the same sentence without the word NOT somewhere in it.
Rio at 06:40 PM JST - 2nd September

Qantas's problems are a reflection of what's happening in Australia in general.
pointofview at 09:46 PM JST - 2nd September

The problem with all the major airlines is the Government Transportation Agencies are out of the loop because of privatization and the airlines are looking for a fast buck. I worked in aviation maintenance. There`s a lot of weird stuff going on...
romulus3 at 04:10 AM JST - 3rd September

well looks like Mr never had a crash is gonna get one soon. Yes lives will be lost to stem corporate greed. But it will take a lot of lives. The greed in man sickens me.
picard at 10:54 AM JST - 4th September

Keeping in mind that the price of aviation fuel has DOUBLED in the past year, all airlines are looking to cut expenses. But I agree, if these cost-cutting measures lead to cutting lives short, then something's wrong and needs to be done. With the sky-rocketting costs of aviation fuel, I think the future of the aviation industry is going to be very turbulent indeed.
Maybe it's time to bring back the airships. Sure they're slow but they look very graceful in the sky. ;-)