Originally Posted by
SASless
What the Certification Authorities and AH (....and other designers) do now shall be very interesting.
The Report points out some issues that affect the Industry as a whole.
AH has some “splaining” to do about the success rate of second stage components making it to Design Life.
PLM, Product Lifecycle Management, is the favoured design regime of modern times. This, or some other term with a more aviation flavour may start to be heard more widely and taken more seriously if this report gets the attention it deserves.
And yes, implications for the industry as a whole, especially since this is the most examined helicopter type in history so we don't know what we don't know yet in respect of other types.