All very interesting Guys, but a little bitchyness is starting too creep in under the seams here.
I can along with many others understand the time line involved in this latest ‘Minor’ incident that seems to have so many in such a spin, if defeats my simple logic as to how so many others have failed too grasp the fact that 558 is indeed a venerable old lady that has seen better days, is constructed of what some might consider to be stone age, compared with today’s kit, equipment that in it’s prime was never all that reliable if not constantly serviced, maintained or replaced and even then still suffered failures.
It also beggars belief, and I make no attempt too defend the TVOC crew in anyway here, that folks cannot understand that this is the first time any group has attempted too return a Vulcan too flight status, as such there will be times when things once learned and practiced by many in the course of a days work have now to be relearned, failures of organization will occur, things will go wrong and there will be I am certain pages of recriminations posted on several forums.
However out the last few posts I have learned a lot about those that were and are involved directly with the project, and I am convinced that the professional personnel from inside and outside MA and TVOC will continue too work towards providing the public with as much flying time from 558 as possible given safety as the prime, this said there is not one shred of financial incentive beyond current contractual arrangements too cause MA to provide short notice staffing, something that is going to haunt the project for a long time, or until in house personnel of sufficient standing can be recruited who can hold the relevant authority to sign off.
Finally the calls for management changes at TVOC have been long and loud at times and have achieved nothing except too cause the current incumbents too batten down and become even less forthcoming, similar the calls for a more open and transparent view of the financial situation of the project have resulted in less information rather than more, so if there is out there an individual with the financial capability too take the project and place it on a commercial footing under direct control of MA, feel free to step up.