Peetwo,that's the way destroying your corporate maintenance and overhaul capacity manifests itself; the damage only appears slowly and quietly long after the managers who presided over the Qantas Engineering lobotomy have taken their huge bonuses and shuffled away.
These defects are the tip of the iceberg because damage caused by cut price maintenance are cumulative. What happens next is that responsible engineers realise they have a massive number of minor problems. They then have a few choices:
1. Do what you can and paper over the cracks.
2, Invest in onshore, in house, maintenance again and slowly begin clearing the backlog.On top of that, begin "proactive maintenance" to get ahead of future issues.
3. Leave and go to a mining company.
1 and 3. will be the Qantas options. The company doesn't have the guts or inclination to invest in 2.
These defects are the tip of the iceberg because damage caused by cut price maintenance are cumulative. What happens next is that responsible engineers realise they have a massive number of minor problems. They then have a few choices:
1. Do what you can and paper over the cracks.
2, Invest in onshore, in house, maintenance again and slowly begin clearing the backlog.On top of that, begin "proactive maintenance" to get ahead of future issues.
3. Leave and go to a mining company.
1 and 3. will be the Qantas options. The company doesn't have the guts or inclination to invest in 2.