Twinact
I am unsure as to what you want me to address regarding the icing limits.
Perhaps this will suffice:
When an aircraft such as the Chinook HC2, which had, effectively, NO icing clearance (plus 4 degrees) is being compared to an aircraft that DID have an icing clearance (minus 6 degrees) It is difficult to comprehend, how the term "essentially similar" is appropriate.
Of course, we know exactly why those icing trials had not been conducted.
The control pallets MAY have been inspected on ZD576 before it's final flight. I DO know that they were inspected afterwards. I saw them. All the mounting brackets had become detached. The AAIB could not tell when this had happened.
The FRCs may have always 'reflected' the Mk2. But of course the version in use by the crew of ZD576 were 'based on' the US's D model, which was not fitted with FADEC.
You are right, I do not know if we have opposing views, that's why I said we 'may' have. Why not give me an idea as to where we can agree?
You have edited your post to suggest that aircrew 'then' were happy to fly the Mk2. You are attempting to rewrite history with that assertion!