Comments on: Virgin’s wheel of fire at the hub of wider problems http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: stephen martin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/#comment-42172 stephen martin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:13:36 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/#comment-42172 "Virgin have trained all their on-duty unlicensed engineers to take responsibility for this check" Great what are they being trained to do? Tap the wheel with a hammer the way they used to check train wheels! “Virgin have trained all their on-duty unlicensed engineers to take responsibility for this check”

Great what are they being trained to do? Tap the wheel with a hammer the way they used to check train wheels!

]]> By: Tony Smith http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/#comment-42133 Tony Smith Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:48:03 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/#comment-42133 I was on that plane. The "touch down" was reasonably heavy - more like a thump down. Having said that it wasn't the heaviest reunion with the ground I've ever experienced. After that, everything was completely normal and it just taxied to the gate as if nothing had happened. I wasn't aware of anything out of the ordinary until I read the paper this morning. I was on that plane. The “touch down” was reasonably heavy - more like a thump down. Having said that it wasn’t the heaviest reunion with the ground I’ve ever experienced.

After that, everything was completely normal and it just taxied to the gate as if nothing had happened. I wasn’t aware of anything out of the ordinary until I read the paper this morning.

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