Originally Posted by
Flightrider
When G-BMLP first visited these shores, there were quite a few issues with the CAA getting it certificated in view of both the JATO system and the previous damage history of the airframe. It spent part of its first summer flying for Dan-Air as N727ZV (I think?)
It had actually been used quite a bit in between the damage (which took just a few months to repair) and Dan-Air getting it; it did a year with Northeastern (not to be confused with Northeast), and then a year with Sun Country in the US, before coming across the Atlantic. The FAA seemed OK with it. The CAA did have a history of finding issues with Dan-Air's 727s.