Yes I will agree that was embarassing for someone who should know better.
As an FYI, since you must be close to MD80s if Mojave is calling you...... Pratt is flying their own Hushkit for the MD80 this month and with that you will get what Jet will never have and that is OEM endorsement. Remember, the hushkitters that developed the internal mixer for the JT8D on the 727 and 737 ended up with having to minus a "Q" factor to their engines. It subtracted like 4000 from your TBO.
Since Jet's tailpipe oversized the exhaust exit, N1 went up on an engine that is already at readline by Pratt's own admission. I'd be skeptical of any engine mod that did not have OEM endoresment.
