Can we save space on this valuable thread by ignoring the IFF/DME sidetrack?
(My logbook shows 8.05 hrs flown on 2 June '94, carrying 132 pax and lifting 62,000 kgs of freight, in ZA 710 (HC2 sistership to ZD 576)
With hindsight I wish I'd kept a diary of those months, listing the many faults we had to contend with, the shortage of spares and the non- existant engineering documentation. We fixed FADEC faults by swapping the units over, as we had no spare ones! (I wonder where those F700's went?!)
Some months earlier, when I was being briefed on the state of the aircraft I was to be responsible for, the hair had risen up on the back of my neck, a very odd sensation, and one I have never experienced either before or subsequently.