Not the best looking bird on earth, but still a lot of work to be done on it.
It sounds like some of you think the tail's held on with Scotch tape. Are you mad?!
As for 747FOCAL's little diatribe (once again), I have to say that if what you say is correct, then the rules for the evac test are wrong - they don't accurately simulate the situation and therefore can not be relied upon. Maybe they won't change and maybe they will, but I'm sure in your line of work, FOCAL, such inaccuarcy could not be tolerated, could it?
Ho-hum. We'll all see, I suppose, but like it or not, the aircraft is sitting right there!