- Engineers responsible for making planes safe to fly have been suspended
- Flight safety fears after almost 100 engineers were caught up in a scandal
- A small number of Qantas engineers were involved in the training scandal
There are flight safety fears after almost 100 engineers, including some Qantas engineers, were suspended over a training scandal.
The engineers responsible for making sure planes are safe to fly were caught up in the scandal at Parafield Airport campus of TAFE South Australia, The Australian reports.
One engineer, whose licence has been suspended, told the publication the failure to teach high standards has possibly endangered lives.
There are flight safety fears after almost 100 engineers were suspended over a training scandal (stock image)
The engineers responsible for making sure planes are safe to fly were caught up in the scandal at Parafield Airport (pictured) campus of TAFE South Australia
‘This mess has affected lots of people and Australia is lucky it has not ended in a major aircraft disaster,’ the engineer said.
Affected engineers are reportedly losing up to $1000 a week in wages and will potentially miss future job opportunities.
A Qantas spokeswoman told the publication it would not recognise engineers from TAFE SA during the Civil Aviation Safety Authority investigation, a scandal which first came to light in April after a routine audit but was not made public.
While the TAFE runs a maintenance training organisation along with three other institutes in the country, their courses outline that being an ‘engineer carries a lot of responsibility’.
The investigation and reviews of all material taught to students will continue for the next few weeks.
A small number of Qantas engineers were involved in the scandal and the company said they would not recognise engineers from the TAFE while investigation was underway (stock image)