Qantas staff fear the airline's stellar safety reputation is at risk as pressure from management mounts

Qantas has an enviable safety record, consistently ranked as either the safest airline in the world or not far from it.

Since the dawn of the Jet Age, it has never suffered a fatal accident or lost an aeroplane hull, which is a credit to its staff and its leadership.

But in the aviation chaos of the past few months — amid huge numbers of delayed flights, cancelled flights, and after the loss of experienced staff — employees have told us about their fears that the stellar reputation of the airline they love could be undermined.