Jetstar has been struggling all morning to reconcile its claims that pilots are encouraged to raise safety issues after sacking a first officer, Joe Eakins, who did just that, in an opinion piece published by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in October.
Civil aviation safety
Can new management fix Qantas?
If Cox really has such a disregard for the gravity of compulsory airworthiness directives, why is he still running the maintenance side of an airline that insists safety is of paramount concern, asks Ben Sandilands.
Qantas 737 saga a deadly dangerous farce
If the inability of the largest Australian airline to carry out compulsory directives isn’t a safety issue, what is, writes Ben Sandilands
QF2 explanations way too cute
There is a strong buzz in Seattle and among sceptical pilots closer to home that something is too cute by far with the explanations as to why QF2 lost its main electrical system on approach to Bangkok last Monday, writes Ben Sandilands.
Another Cessna Caravan crashes as CASA stalls
Another Cessna 208 “Caravan” has crashed within days of CASA disagreeing with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau over the need to warn pilots over the possibility of the aircraft’s single engine giving out in mid air, writes Ben Sandilands.
