I can't determine who's an absolute fibber and who isn't.#
Precisely! - couldn't agree more!
The problem, as I see it, is simply commonsense as against unsupported optimism. Particularly in an aviation forum, I would not expect to find contributors advocating leaving a fully operating , if slightly costly, aircraft in order to experiment with a new, untried model which relies on untested component manufacturers and relying for major input (engines?) on the vagaries of a producer who has demonstrated a cavalier attitude to best practice! Today's news of another unasked-for visit does nothing to reassure me of the motives of one side of the campaign!
My major gripe about so much of the comment in these postings is the demonstrable lack of examination of the 'issues', presenting, instead, the unswerving devotion to the well-worn platitudes of our 'Leaders@