SIAEC and Qantas dispute
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Singapore rejects Qantas claims
UNION claims of problems with the overseas maintenance of Qantas aircraft has outraged Singaporean officials, who say they have been caught in the crossfire of a Qantas union campaign.
Union officials and executives from the island state joined forces yesterday to condemn and reject claims by Qantas engineers that work done at the Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) was substandard.
The latest allegation concerned emergency lighting wiring crudely stapled together on a plane that had undergone a heavy maintenance check at SIAEC in August-October last year.
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1 of their ppl had aready came forward 2 tell tat it was done by their own ppl not us
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But QF is still sending their planes over... sooo..
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Working on tat plane is very stressing man their rep is "monitoring" us at all times
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Union moves to ground Qantas jets on safety fears
THOUSANDS of passengers could be left stranded or face major delays after a move by aircraft engineers to ground two Qantas 747s because of safety fears.
The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association will today launch legal action allowing the union to ban the aircraft from flying for up to four weeks.
The association confirmed yesterday that services were expected to be disrupted but said bans were necessary because of the airline's use of cheap overseas maintenance.
The contractor, the Singapore Airlines Engineering Company, came under scrutiny earlier this year when an internal audit found 14 problems, including flight control cables in need of replacement, damaged floor panels, screws scattered across a wing and a plane damaged after a spare part was dropped on it from a crane.
ALAEA secretary Steve Purvinas said he expected the planes to be grounded for three to four weeks while Australian engineers conducted safety checks.
He said any cancellations or delays were the airline's fault.
"Qantas engineers have found that the aircraft have returned from overseas checks in a condition that does not meet Australian airworthiness standards and our members will be grounding the aircraft until they are properly checked," he said.
"We don't intend to disrupt Qantas services but unfortunately this may occur," Mr Purvinas said.
Qantas engineering general manager David Cox said the airline would vigorously dispute the union's application.
"This action does not relate to genuine safety concerns," he said.
Source: News.com.au
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Hmm.. looks like they're still pushing the blame on SIAEC...
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From The Australian
Maintenance company attacks union
SIA Engineering Company has rejected claims by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association that faulty maintenance on two Qantas 747s was conducted by the Singapore-based engineering company.
In statement issued yesterday, SIAEC said that it "categorically refutes and rejects the unfounded allegations about work at our facilities".
It added that "the allegations that the ALAEA has made to date concerning our processes and practices are baseless and blatantly disregard the findings of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia, which has audited SIAEC on several recent occasions".
In those audits CASA stated that "SIAEC is carrying out its maintenance activities in accordance with current procedures and CASA regulations".
SIAEC said it was surprised that ALAEA had failed to tell the public and the media that the alleged maintenance discrepancies were discovered some 10 months after the aircraft had left SIAEC's facilities, and were in an area of the aircraft in which their personnel had not worked.
The two Qantas aircraft had undergone numerous checks and inspections since their overall work in Singapore and there were no concerns with the airworthiness, SIAEC said.
"They (ALAEA) are shamefully using an industrial campaign against Qantas to illegitimately cause safety concerns to the travelling public," SIAEC said.
Getting interesting
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Ban Qantas from landing in changi.
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"Some of the allegations talk about our engineers and technicians not being able to speak and write English properly," he said. "I think that is outrageous." Mr Tan's criticism was echoed in a letter to Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas from the SIAEC Engineers and Executives Union
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U guys know wat QANTAS stand for?
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wad?Originally posted by megatron:U guys know wat QANTAS stand for? -
Quirky australian nuts that are stupid?Originally posted by megatron:U guys know wat QANTAS stand for? -
QANTASOriginally posted by megatron:U guys know wat QANTAS stand for?
1. Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
2. Quick and Nasty, Typical Australian Service