Men Who Killed Qantas - Matthew Benns [113]
33 Ibid.
34 Matthew Benns, ‘Aviation Watchdog “Too close” to Qantas’, Sun-Herald, 10 August 2008.
35 Mathew Murphy, ‘Aviation Reporter Qantas Rebuked over Maintenance Problems’, Age, 2 September 2008.
36 Vesna Poljak, ‘Qantas Told to Improve Maintenance’, Australian Financial Review, 2 September 2008.
37 Ibid.
QF15
Turbulent times
1 AAP, ‘On-Board Horror as Flight Flails, Newcastle Herald, 9 October 2008.
2 AAP, ‘Passengers Tell of Horror,’ Age, 9 October 2008.
3 Ibid.
4 Michelle Cazzulino and Alison Rehn, ‘Inside Hell Flight QF72’, Daily Telegraph, 9 October 2008.
5 Ibid.
6 ATSB Transport Safety report, Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2008-070 Interim Factual, ‘In-flight Upset 154 km West of Learmonth, WA’, October 2008 VH-QPA Airbus A330-303.
7 Arjun Ramachandran, ‘Ex-fighter Pilot Saved QF72’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 2008.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 ATSB Transport Safety report, Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2008-070 Interim Factual.
11 Andrea Hayward and Simon Jenkins, ‘A Free Trip to London: Qantas Pays for Nosedive’, Daily Telegraph, 10 June 2008.
12 Paul Bibby, ‘Qantas Tried to Trick Me: Passenger’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 November 2008.
13 Ibid.
14 Kelly Ryan, ‘Tourists Thought They’d Die’, Herald Sun, 7 November 2008.
15 Reko Rennie, ‘Qantas Couple’s “Terrifying ordeal”’, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 November 2008.
16 Katrina Nicholas, ‘Qantas: a Reputation to Lose’, Australian Financial Review, 2 August 2008.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Katrina Nicholas, ‘A Long-haul Pilot Finally Coming in to Land’, Australian Financial Review, 29 July 2008.
20 Matt O’Sullivan, ‘Shareholders Vent Anger at Qantas AGM’, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 2008.
21 Damon Kitney, Katrina Nicholas and Vesna Poljak with Andrew Cornell, ‘Joyce Promotion to Top Job Breaks up Qantas Club’, Australian Financial Review, 18 August 2008.
22 Damon Kitney, ‘Joyce Puts Qantas on New Flight Path’, Australian Financial Review, 28 November 2008.
QF16
Annus horribilis
1 Charles Miranda, ‘A Welcome Toast for the Flying Roo’, Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2008.
2 Steve Creedy, ‘Aviation Writer, Fuel Bugs Infect Qantas A380s’, Australian, 6 March 2009.
3 Vesna Poljak and Michael Smith, ‘Qantas Scraps $8bn British Airways Deal’, Australian Financial Review, 19 September 2008.
4 Matt O’Sullivan, ‘We’ll be a Disaster for Qantas: Delta’, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 April 2009.
5 Andrew Carswell, ‘Qantas Slashes Staff and Services’, Daily Telegraph, 15 April 2009.
6 Ibid.
7 Matt O’Sullivan, ‘Qantas Flies into Growing Turbulence’, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2009.
8 Ben Schneiders with Mathew Murphy, ‘Save Qantas from Unfair Practices, Unions Urge’, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 April 2009.
9 Conversation with author.
10 Fysh, Wings to the World, p. 197.
11 Interview with author.
12 Fysh, Wings to the World, p. 197.
13 Andrew Carswell, ‘Navigating Downturn a Tricky Manoeuvre’, Daily Telegraph, 18 April 2009.
14 Ibid.
15 Steve Creedy, ‘Qantas to Jettison its Float Plans’, Australian, 12 June 2009.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Gemma Jones, ‘MP Slams Jetstar on Delays’, Daily Telegraph, 26 June 2009.
19 Qantas media release, Sydney, 11 June 2009.
20 David Prestipino, ‘Qantas Passenger Hits Roof in Mid-air Turbulence Drama’, Age, 22 June 2009.
21 Ibid.
22 Joseph Sapienza, ‘Qantas Jet Went into “Total Free-fall”’, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 June 2009.
23 Michael Smith, ‘Qantas to Jettison $1.5bn in Costs’, Australian Financial Review, 20 August 2009.
24 Conversation with author.
25 Michael Evans, ‘Easy Line to Swallow’, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 2009.
26 Qantas’s response to questions from author, 4 July 2009.
27 Senate Estimates Committee, Hansard, 28 May 2009, Rural Regional Affairs and Transport, p. 68.
QF17
Another one bites the dust
1 Matt O’Sullivan, Tom Allard and Ellie Harvey, ‘Is the Plane Going to Go Down?’, Channel Seven, 4 November 2010 and the Sydney Morning Herald, 5 November 2010.
2 Janet Fife-Yeomans, Cindy Wockner and Simon Kearney, ‘Loud Blasts and Shiver