What Journalists will use for next QF incident

[Andrew M]

Yep the comments are great... At least comment 5 of 6 is aware that the "article" is rubbish.

[Andrew M]

Oh and two journalists wanted their name on this great article

"Sue Hewitt and James Campbell"

[Matt_L]

Andrew,

i would not be suprised if Mr 'Russell' a businessman from Hawthorn is a fictitious character created by some journo in their southbank office

[Tony G]

Thought I'd add to this as I dont think it needs a new thread.

Just heard on the Radio that a Qantas flight from London to Melbourne is delayed in Hong Kong for repairs to one of its doors. The radio presenter said it was breaking news and it came from a passenger that decided to ring while waiting in Hong Kong.Unbelievable.

The media might as well sit on a maintenance flight line and report when light bulbs also blow on the aircraft. Now this is getting ridiculous. If the media have a look at other airline maintenance documents, they will see all aircraft require maintenance and components do fail.

[Brett o]

Agree with you Tony and I wanted to say I applaud all the Qantas pilots in being prepared to put Safety first ALL the time

Not sure of the rego but the flight is due in Melbourne at 23:35 (was due 21:45 )

[A McLaughlin]

Please don't lump all journalists in the same pot.

We continually have daily and electronic media organisations calling us to comment on Qantas happenings, and if there's a hint they're looking to sensationalise the story, we just won't do it.

[Sarah C]

Originally Posted by A McLaughlin

Please don't lump all journalists in the same pot.

We continually have daily and electronic media organisations calling us to comment on Qantas happenings, and if there's a hint they're looking to sensationalise the story, we just won't do it.

Agree - there are some very good journalists in Australia who know the business and thier reporting is excellent. Sadly they are being overshadowed by these non-events.

The people writing/reporting on these 'stories' know very little on aviation but don't seem to do thier research either. The same journos will report on anything that sells papers - and they love having people give them the information from 'eyewitness' accounts.