Originally Posted by tyler durden

Sorry ECAM, but we will have to agree to disagree. Having been here over 10 years and personally suffering the abject disregard for maintenance, I believe the past is very pertinent to the present. Too many times I have been put in jeopardy, scrutinized and questioned for maintenance concerns that turned out to be potentially serious.

I'm disappointed by the degree to which a contract gets signed and all of a sudden our maintenance concerns suddenly go away. Fact of the matter is that maintenance issues are not going away and neither is the root cause: cost.

As an ultra low-cost carrier, we must keep an eye on what is most important: the safe operation and condition of the equipment we operate. The company's lack of performance in this regard is widely documented and well known. This was just another weekly event that made the news. It's no secret.

If it solved the problem, I would be the first to advise keeping this information internal. Unfortunately, it took public scrutiny and investigation for management to finally admit to the deficiencies and shortcuts taking place in maintenance.

Improvements were taking place as the FAA stepped up it's oversight and the union was demanding answers. Now that has subsided and these issues are resurfacing. The fact that we were demanding answers and went silent after we got our money really bags questions.