Originally Posted by
212man
Very interesting. Why would you take an airframe away from the factory without a full acceptance process, so you could fix issues there and then?
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Why indeed? But MoD has a long history of doing so. It's not an error as such, but forced upon procurers by other MoD policies and political machinations. The Treasury Solicitor must approve acceptance of equipment off contract when it cannot be certified. The question is therefore - did he? You could apply this to almost any Chinook contract in the past 40 years.