Qantas maintenance - AU only?

[rotor]

The recent talk about Qantas' problems with their cost base and the fact that the legislation binds them to maintain their fleet in Australia made me think - what happens to the aircraft when parked in other countries?

What maintenance is performed while sitting in LAX or LHR?

The wings that were just damaged to the A380 and 747 in LAX, for example, surely that can be fixed in LAX?

Also, is it feasible for Qantas to have to maintain all the different types of aircraft in Australia anyway?

In my opinion, this is the only part of the legislation that should change to help Qantas, at least in some ways. If it's cheaper to maintain the A380s in Dubai, why not?

 

[markis10]

Neither Virgin nor Qantas perform all service work in Australia, most of the heavy work is in fact done overseas so I am not sure what the question is. All MROs both airlines use are certified to international standards.

 

[Robert K]

suck's they'll loose their jobs, but they can blame the unions for getting them crazy unsustainable terms.

 

[rotor]

Neither Virgin nor Qantas perform all service work in Australia, most of the heavy work is in fact done overseas so I am not sure what the question is. All MROs both airlines use are certified to international standards.

I'm just going by what I heard - could be wrong - but I thought the legislation somehow makes them perform certain maintenance in Australia, which is causing their problems since the wages are so unsustainably high.

suck's they'll loose their jobs, but they can blame the unions for getting them crazy unsustainable terms.

Totally agree. I have a lot of respect for the work they do - I've seen enough Air Crash Investigations to know how important the work is. But if they are being paid more than is sustainable, something has to give, surely?

 

[moa999]

QSA has some wording about majority of maintenance being in Australia.

AFAIK both QF and VA do line maintenance mostly in Australia, but Va does most/all heavy offshore wheras QF is mostly in Aus, save for A380s and some recent 747 work.

Don't believe any offshore airline does heavy maint in Australia anymore (they used to)