Any aircraft has it's teething issues. The fact Shorts opened a new production line with newly recruited labour more used to building ships didn't help. The first ten aircraft were fine as the airframes were built by Embraer in Brazil. The firs batch of Shorts built aircraft were woeful. By the end of the production, they were really good. As for the aircraft itself, it got lots of "it's not a jet" criticism. So what? It was streets ahead of the JP and an excellent training platform. The handling, rate of climb, endurance and flexibility meant we could get so much more out of the training sorties. I loved it and I suspect it will be missed by most who instructed on it.