So - a signed apology letter for Qantas 'issues'!

[tuppaware]

My organisation received this apology letter from Andrew Hogg - QLD regional manager ...
Interesting if you ask me ...

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[samh004]

I received a signed/photocopied letter in person as I walked through the doors on a delayed flight ZQN-SYD earlier this year, nothing new, just a little damage control.

However, can anyone tell me why they labelled the a/c as Boeing 747 and Airbus A380? Surely the A in 380 stands for Airbus, and they didn’t call the other a Boeing B747?

 

[oz_mark]

The respective model numbers are 747 and A380. (You do sometimes see B747)

 

[NM]

However, can anyone tell me why they labelled the a/c as Boeing 747 and Airbus A380? Surely the A in 380 stands for Airbus, and they didn’t call the other a Boeing B747?

Because that is the way Boeing and Airbus refer to their aircraft.

 

[Katie]

However, can anyone tell me why they labelled the a/c as Boeing 747 and Airbus A380? Surely the A in 380 stands for Airbus, and they didn’t call the other a Boeing B747?

It's typical writing practice to introduce a short term/initialism/acronym in full during the first instance of it in a piece of writing. It is odd that the full Airbus was used in a middle paragraph, and not earlier (if at all). I can only guess that they want to give focus to the manufacturers of the planes in that sentence, and so are using Airbus and Boeing and not relying on the letter recipients to all know that A330s/A380s are Airbuses.
I'd also only be guessing as to why they didn't use B747. Is that typically done with Boeing planes? I guess I'm more used to seeing 747 than B747; and rarely see a plain 380 in non-AFF places.

A bit more hunting, and it might be due to each company's preferences/norms for referring to their products. Boeing's site refers to the 747, and 747 family, not B747, whereas the Airbus site talks about the A380.

 

[samh004]

The respective model numbers are 747 and A380. (You do sometimes see B747)

Because that is the way Boeing and Airbus refer to their aircraft.

A bit more hunting, and it might be due to each company's preferences/norms for referring to their products. Boeing's site refers to the 747, and 747 family, not B747, whereas the Airbus site talks about the A380.

Haha thanks, I guess I must’ve seen B747 too many times somewhere else, but it does look odd.

 

[drron]

Haha thanks, I guess I must’ve seen B747 too many times somewhere else, but it does look odd.

In my TRs?

 

[UP4014]

I received a signed/photocopied letter in person as I walked through the doors on a delayed flight ZQN-SYD earlier this year, nothing new, just a little damage control.

However, can anyone tell me why they labelled the a/c as Boeing 747 and Airbus A380? Surely the A in 380 stands for Airbus, and they didn’t call the other a Boeing B747?

Boeing have nothing to prove.:mrgreen:

 

[Stealth]

Boeing have nothing to prove.:mrgreen:

Absolutely right, they have had 72+ years of government support to iron out their problems.