For industry watchers the publication of the latest newsletter from the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association may qualify as a collector’s edition. It overtly says the same things that voices within Qantas have covertly been saying about Singapore Airlines, reports Ben Sandilands.
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association
The Qantas paddle pop stick debacle
Where airlines and ice cream intersect: the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association claims that Qantas planes are breaching safety standards with faulty cockpit doors that can allegedly be opened with papple pop sticks, writes Ben Sandilands.
Qantas row: rude mechanics vs goons
A union not involved in the Qantas baggage dispute has blown the whistle on dangerous practices by the management staff that entered the tarmac in efforts to keep the airline running, writes Ben Sandilands.








