Too Much Coffee, Not Enough Golf Clubs
We've heard the story about cookies being a trifle problematic for the flying kangaroo, Qantas. But who would have thought that ground coffee and golf clubs would both spring up this week as real downers in the life of the Aussie airline?
Let's start with the golf clubs. Frustrated English golfer Samantha Head is about to sue Qantas because they lost her golf clubs when she flew Down Under last week for the Australian Open. She didn't win--so she's blaming the clubs, or more specifically, Qantas for sending them to LA instead of Sydney. We fully sympathize about the lost luggage problem but then again, what's that phrase about a bad workman blaming his tools?
But it's not just golf clubs keeping Qantas in the headlines, because reports this week have let out the secret of a Qantas Boeing 767 pilot who wouldn't fly because a sink was blocked with coffee grounds. The crew was concerned about spills and damaging electronics; Boeing says there's no issue but that:
If a worldwide alert was needed on coffee grounds then we would do it.
We'd like to see that.
Related Stories:
· Head Blames Qantas Over Lost Clubs [Herald Sun]
· Qantas Pilot Given Grounds for Concern [SMH]
· Qantas coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: iMorpheous]
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