What went on here!

[Brenden S]

QF Engineers are there 24/7 Unusual about the pax. I would have assumed that the aircraft was parked on the bay and engines shut down. They only have a few Licensed guys on the 743 and with the overtime bans would have gone home after there shift had finished. ie No Engineering coverage.

[Scott Loveday]

I was thinking along the same lines as what Brenden has written. The overtime bans must be starting to have an significant impact not only on the OTP figures, but at a more basic level if you like, on aircraft servicability.

The flow on effect of this is increasingly evident.

[Adam P.]

QF Engineers are there 24/7 [snip]ie No Engineering coverage

Ummm......

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by Adam P.

Ummm......

i think he means there are 24x7 engineering staff, but only a select few are liscenced to work on the 743.

[Brenden S]

Thats correct re Licenced guys. ie you have say 40 engineering staff in total. 4 guys have 747-300, 6 guys 767, and then the rest 737 etc so you base those guys around the aircraft operations.