Can I just say how refreshing parts of this thread have been.
The refreshing support of the operators from the SW of this fine aircraft have shone a bright light on a potentially very dark incident for the fleet.
I for one have been banging the drum about the Merlin since I started flying it in 2000.
Lets hope we get it back in the sky soonest so we can continue to prove the ignorant wrong.
I'm just anoyed not to be there instead of shining my butt in
VB.
Oh, and by the way I hope whoever is talking to Bootneck, stops and keeps everything in house until we KNOW the cause.