Fed: Aircraft engineers ask CASA to come down on Virgin
SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Aircraft engineers are calling on the aviation watchdog to inspectand enforce safety standards at discount airline Virgin Blue.
The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) has planned a seriesof industry-wide stopwork meetings from March 10 to protest against the use of pilotsfor pre-flight safety checks.
ALAEA said concerns over passenger safety came to the fore when budget carrier VirginBlue started using pilots instead of engineers to carry out pre-flight safety checks onnew aircraft.
The association's federal president Michael O'Rance said …
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