Please tread carefully Flymate. Your posts may well have an effect diametrically opposed to your intentions.
Aviation pros end up a pretty cynical bunch - they can be inspired but it's generally from above. A Babs, a Hamrah and, I would venture to suggest, Uncle Frank in your flight ops team with someone like Nick Watts backing up promises of a real life.
However, when the message comes from lower down the food chain and carries no substantive point or news of progress it can smack of self delusion or justification. This may seem uncharitable or unfair but I'd like you to think it through.
The threads have been closed each time NOW has acheived a milestone along the way - they had become fixated on such things. We will be happy to clear the air with a new thread on receipt of AOC.
Best Wishes to you all,
Rob Lloyd