An aircraft maintenance engineer who designs a replacement component for an aircraft engine part owes a duty of care to the aircraft operator and passengers but not to the employer of passengers for pure economic loss where the employer was not a person the engineer could reasonably have had in contemplation. A statement in a letter of offer or purchase order that standard terms and conditions apply is insufficient by itself to incorporate those terms into a contract. The s 74(3) exclusion of implied warranties under the Trade Practices Act applies where the services supplied are for the transportation of goods for the purposes of the consumer's business, even where the primary purpose of the charter was to test equipment rather than transport goods.
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