Mars
Do you have a view on the "Equivalent Level of Safety" that you would be happy with?
Or were you expressing company policy?
You clearly know a lot about this subject and I am interested (in my simplistic way) about how you see future certification going. Do you think we should adopt the Boeing solution and claim grandfather rights (like the 737) going back decades or should we try and improve future helicopters in accordance with the latest FARs and JARs? Gearboxes in particular seem a particular weak point in helicopters - do you agree.
Getting back to the thread of this discussion. SAR helicopters need to be reliable, if a crewchange helicopter has a snag it diverts, if a SAR helicopter has to divert due to a snag then the survivors could die. Hence my initial comment that in my view Jigsaw should not use an obsolescent type, ie the Mk2. I know economics come into this, but so might saving lives.
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