Angry Rant #6: "Whoops, did that plane need an engine?"

It seems that the great Australian Qantas is failing. Why? Because work has been forced overseas, and outsourced to countries in Asia (By the way, there is no word for 'Asia' in any Asian language because it, in it's entirety, is a Western concept, but I digress.)

Cheap Labour = Shoddy Work. It's really a no brainer, and we really shouldn't be surprised. However most people are because they don't know that the work/repairs/services are done overseas. Why is this aimed at Qantas? I could bet any amount of money that this happens to EVERY airline. Planes are large pieces of metal that fly through the sky at insane speeds and through varying temperatures - of course things are going to fuck up from time to time, that's a given. But why all the attention on Qantas? I have brainstormed some ideas below:

• Someone sleep with the wrong person?
• Didn't get the right sandwich?
• Nuts too salty? 
• James Murdoch got turned down by an attractive air hostess?

Too much salt can drive anyone nuts.

Whatever the problem is, it better come into the light. I had a pretty shocking experience with Virgin Blue and with Jet Star but that went unnoticed. Perhaps the reason is just that - maybe there is a vendetta against Qantas by the Australian Media. Maybe they're trying to bring Qantas back here. Seems reasonable.

But then I remembered.

We had a 15min segment on the 5 o'clock news about Kate Middleton and Prince William. My mistake

Don't believe the Lies and Spin.