Originally Posted by
lhrpete
I agree with the sentiments about LH cleanliness. You would have no idea of the age of an LH plane from either the inside or the outside as they are maintained in pristine condition and an original A320 - some of theirs are now about 30 years old and the NEO delivered last week will be indiscernible from a point of view of presentation. When they pay such attention to cleanliness I'm confident the don't cut on things like engineering and they make sure their engine flaps are closed before take off!
I attended a talk on risk management by a Lufthansa captain a few years ago. Quite an interesting topic, their risk appetite is to have one full aircraft loss every 100 years. All maintenance, training etc are aimed at that figure. He mentioned that, when compared with Ryanair, Lufthansa cabin crew had about 15% more flight simulator hours - which was based on that risk appetite.