Qantas asked to improve aircraft maintenance,aft 10 incident

lionnoisy SG

Qantas planes experienced 9 incidents in 7 weeks.

Many of u may not know the aircraft engineers just finished

some strikes .I am not saying the strikes cause incidents.

But u cannot turn the blind eyes to strikes and say just bad lucks

causing the incidents!!

I find Oz international passengers increase from 16.5 m in 2000

to 21.5 m in 2006,increase of 30%.

But the increase of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers cannot match

the passengers volume.I estimated engineers increases from 5800

in 2000 to 6400 in 2006.It seem short of 15 % from the required 7600.

Now Aussie Aviation Authority :

CASA wants Qantas to make a range of improvements to the way it manages and delivers aircraft maintenance following a special review carried out by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

pl read the Transcript of announcement

It is interesting one reporter compares current Qantas with

''what we saw with Ansett in the last 18 months of Ansett''

http://www.alaea.asn.au/

read the news then u can know what have happened

http://www.casa.gov.au/media/2008/08-09-01a.htm

references

Passengers volume

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/bb8db737e2af84b8ca2571780015701e/83370CA43C85CE6ECA2573D20010BE45?opendocument

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/Previousproducts/8FEAD57E30A62B60CA256CAE0016268C?opendocument

Licensed Engineering no.

http://www.alaea.asn.au/

read the news then u can know what have happened

Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24272263-662,00.html

(10). QF31 from Singapore to London landed in Frankfurt without incident after a vibration caused the crew to shut down one of its engines....

The incident is the latest in a spate of mechanical problems affecting the Qantas fleet.

mmmm

pearlie27 SG

Qantas planes experienced 9 incidents in 7 weeks.

Many of u may not know the aircraft engineers just finished

some strikes .I am not saying the strikes cause incidents.

But u cannot turn the blind eyes to strikes and say just bad lucks

causing the incidents!!

I find Oz international passengers increase from 16.5 m in 2000

to 21.5 m in 2006,increase of 30%.

But the increase of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers cannot match

the passengers volume.I estimated engineers increases from 5800

in 2000 to 6400 in 2006.It seem short of 15 % from the required 7600.

Now Aussie Aviation Authority :

pl read the Transcript of announcement

It is interesting one reporter compares current Qantas with

''what we saw with Ansett in the last 18 months of Ansett''

http://www.alaea.asn.au/

read the news then u can know what have happened

http://www.casa.gov.au/media/2008/08-09-01a.htm

references

Passengers volume

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/bb8db737e2af84b8ca2571780015701e/83370CA43C85CE6ECA2573D20010BE45?opendocument

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/Previousproducts/8FEAD57E30A62B60CA256CAE0016268C?opendocument

Licensed Engineering no.

http://www.alaea.asn.au/

read the news then u can know what have happened

Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24272263-662,00.html

mmmm

mmmm......... you very diligent in digging up info to bash Oz. Your energy could be spent on brushing up your england.

lionnoisy SG

pl dunt think in SG,there is only CSJ is anti--establishment.

I like to show u guys somethings uncoventional.

Many of u stay in Oz and many of u will fly Qantas.

Qantas put in advert that she is the most experienced carrier

in the world.Qantas also claimes she has zero fatal accidents

records---thanks for a movie.

Besides Oz civil aviation authority gemtle reminder and my figures

of aircraft engineers provided above,pl look at this .

Qantas workers concerned over maintenance standards
Sep 10, 2008

http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/179/Qantas-workers-concerned-over-maintenance-standards/

The poll of 200 members across worksites in Sydney, Brisbane, Tullamarine and Avalon reveals 83% are worried about safety of QANTAS aircraft due to staffing pressures and off-shoring.

When asked about the effects of contracting out, outsourcing or off-shoring:

•    69% agreed work needed to be re-checked more often
•    67% agreed work has to be re-done before it meets standards
•    62% agreed QANTAS has a cheaper service but corners are getting cut

While the Union wants Qantas keep all jobs in Oz,i think the man power

may be the problems.

“In the early 90’s QANTAS apprentice intake was 1,000 per year. It has now dropped considerably and we are lucky to average 100 per year nationally.

http://www.alaea.asn.au

no. of aircraft engineers

freedom4ever SG

your point is???

skythewood SG

nice graphs... very colourful. it distract me enough to take whatever point you have to offer to be true... but what is your point?

googoomuck SG

hmmmm....Qantas has never had a fatal air crash yet like the M185 and SQ006 crashes.

lionnoisy SG

oh sorry.Qantas may be short of man power.

I find Oz international passengers increase from 16.5 m in 2000

to 21.5 m in 2006,increase of 30%.

But the increase of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers cannot match

the passengers volume.I estimated engineers increases from 5800

in 2000 to 6400 in 2006.It seem short of 15 % from the required 7600.

Can u guys tell me what is your guess?

Insiders,as shown above,said:

“In the early 90’s QANTAS apprentice intake was 1,000 per year. It has now dropped considerably and we are lucky to average 100 per year nationally.

angel7030 SG

Well they paid the price for not allowing FT, unlike sg, we welcome FT, so we are doing just fine.

lionnoisy SG

wow--again and again!!I have not reported all Oz national airline

here for some times.Too many.

oh dear--

"a 747-400 operator would lose $1.1 million for each day the aircraft was grounded."

here two will be grounded!!

WATCHING two of its 747s collide on the tarmac may have been embarrassing for Qantas, but it is the loss of at least $20 million in revenue while the planes are repaired that will hurt the most.

Peter Marosszeky, a former maintenance and engineering manager at United Airlines, said that a number of costly components appeared to be damaged. "It appears that the radar antennae and the raydome are damaged and the forward pressure bulkhead could possibly be damaged," he said.

"Depending on the availability of parts, staff and hangar space you're looking at between two and three weeks before its repaired."

Mr Marosszeky, now a senior visiting fellow at the University of NSW, said that normally a 747-400 operator would lose $1.1 million for each day the aircraft was grounded. With both aircraft out of action for a total of about 30 days, according to Qantas, the total damages bill could easily exceed $20 million.

http://news.google.com.sg/nwshp?hl=zh-CN&tab=wn&q=Qantas%20%2B%20Avalon%20%2B%20collide

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one incident is bad luck.

2 is damn bad luck.

3 is system failure.

4 is work culture.

lionnoisy SG

one more ---

Qantas aborts flight to S'pore ---29.11.2008

SYDNEY - THE captain of a Qantas Airbus A330 carrying 168 passengers to Singapore had to shut down an engine and turn back to Perth after an oil warning light flashed, the airline said on Saturday.