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Old 23rd November 2008, 10:57 AM
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Angry OK, so there are various problems here ...

Coming from someone who subscribes here as a regular flyer, and part-time spotter (I find it a relaxing past time), but is not so tied into the technical side of flying/spotting or the industry - I have a few points to make about this article (http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/qa...770809294.html) - specifically:

- It would appear that the article was written from 'logs' which are not in the normal public domain (perhaps obtained under FOI, but that is not publicly available). How the heck are everyday readers supposed to be able to critically digest/question writing like this without access to all the facts?
- I guarantee that the paper/journalists had this story lined up to go, and merely waited for the next Qantas 'emergency' (in this case CHC) to occur - so they could 'follow up' with this 'related' article.
- For an article about the curfew, which as we know is a completely separate political issue from the ‘problems of Qantas’, the journalists involved sure do mention a lot of recent Qantas ‘incidents’?
- Anyone with a passing interest in evaluating the media in a critical fashion (i.e. thinking about what they read) would have had alarm bells going off in their head halfway through this piece.
- These articles should be written by someone with a level of expertise and experience in the aviation industry.

In summary, Fairfax seems to be playing into Murdoch's hands by moving its stable, of once reputable mastheads into the domain of sensationalism and click-driven Internet news. There may well be a good reason for the media to look into Qantas's state of affairs, and be questioning its safety procedures/record etc. But this type of reporting does nothing but generate fear amongst the general flying public and unfactually denigrate what is still a wonderful airline and our national carrier - where is the respect??

I am going for a Valium and a lie down now …
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Old 28th November 2008, 09:11 AM
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Coming from someone who subscribes here as a regular flyer, and part-time spotter (I find it a relaxing past time), but is not so tied into the technical side of flying/spotting or the industry - I have a few points to make about this article (http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/qa...770809294.html) - specifically:

- It would appear that the article was written from 'logs' which are not in the normal public domain (perhaps obtained under FOI, but that is not publicly available).
A quick Google found https://secure.dotars.gov.au/webform...ports_2008.htm

lots of reading to read :-)

That's where the magnetic engine reference came from : rescheduled departure due to engineers finding metal on the magnetic engine upon landing in Sydney in the previous leg 15 MAR 2008
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Old 28th November 2008, 01:50 PM
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