Jacko
I have read this forum for some time and having read a number of your posts over time I recognise you know your subject. My apologies if the flippancy of my last post irritated you, in hindsight perhaps 'funny' was ill advised.
Just because I don't conform to your view/understanding of the situation does not make me either a twit or ill informed. A tad rude I thought.
Of course RAF senior ranks are going to praise EF - what else are they going to say? 'Actually chaps, after all this time, money and effort we've decided we don't want the aircraft after all'? And as for the Sqn Ldr - it was a press release, of course its going to be positive.
I don't consider myself to be ill informed on this issue. What makes you so sure of yourself on this? Do you have access to info beyond the public domain and what industry churns out? I suspect not - and if you don't have all the information, how can you be so sure?
Anyway, time will tell. Potentially quite some time.
TF