Ene Poepolus Kroese het mos hier gekraai dat OZ se lugredery is die beste en veiligste ter wêreld, shaaim ... hulle staan darem op No13, hoop dis 'lucky thirteen ..
Qantas only ranks 13th in the world in terms of airline safety according to a European group of airline safety enthusiasts, a far cry from the previously prized number one ranking immortalised by Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man.
Trans-Tasman rival, Air New Zealand, ranked as the world's second-safest airline in the same rankings, behind only Finland's national carrier Finnair.
Qantas's chief rival in Australia, Virgin Australia, was ranked ninth.
The Germany-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center, or JACDEC, calculates its annual rankings based on aircraft loss accidents and serious incidents where an accident nearly occurred over the past 30 years.
The resulting Safety Index relates the accidents to the revenue per passenger kilometre [RPK] performed by the airline over the same time.
Cathay Pacific ranked third, followed by Emirates and then Etihad Airways which was only established in 2003.
Qantas fell two places to 13th in the annual rankings despite a similarly clean aircraft loss record since 1983, however JACDEC director Jan Richter said Qantas had experienced multiple incidents where a serious accident had nearly occurred in recent years.The union traditionally responsible for the maintenance of Qantas planes said Qantas would continue to fall in the rankings if the carrier continued to pay "lip-service" to safety.
Steve Purvinas, general secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, accused the airline of "turning a blind eye to problems".
"Qantas are going to continue to decline in that ranking as long as they pay lip service to safety. They're not interested in anything other than profits," Mr Purvinas said. "They used to promote the best engineering. Now they will promote those who'll turn a blind eye to problems.
Trans-Tasman rival, Air New Zealand, ranked as the world's second-safest airline in the same rankings, behind only Finland's national carrier Finnair.
Qantas's chief rival in Australia, Virgin Australia, was ranked ninth.
The Germany-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center, or JACDEC, calculates its annual rankings based on aircraft loss accidents and serious incidents where an accident nearly occurred over the past 30 years.
The resulting Safety Index relates the accidents to the revenue per passenger kilometre [RPK] performed by the airline over the same time.
Cathay Pacific ranked third, followed by Emirates and then Etihad Airways which was only established in 2003.
Qantas fell two places to 13th in the annual rankings despite a similarly clean aircraft loss record since 1983, however JACDEC director Jan Richter said Qantas had experienced multiple incidents where a serious accident had nearly occurred in recent years.The union traditionally responsible for the maintenance of Qantas planes said Qantas would continue to fall in the rankings if the carrier continued to pay "lip-service" to safety.
Steve Purvinas, general secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, accused the airline of "turning a blind eye to problems".
"Qantas are going to continue to decline in that ranking as long as they pay lip service to safety. They're not interested in anything other than profits," Mr Purvinas said. "They used to promote the best engineering. Now they will promote those who'll turn a blind eye to problems.
Hoe het die helde nie geval nie ... is ou Kroese al in OZ?
Good riddance ... vir julle op die kuiken lopie Perth toe, hoop julle maak dit, dis een moerse eensame vlug ... vasbyt ...
Francois Williams