I am new to this.
I have read the above with great interest and I am amazed that this has suddenly created so much interest and feeling. The Superpuma is hardly a new aircraft and this whole debate was precipitated as a result of an incident (or in fact, lack of one!) very recently. I don't believe that there has ever been any such crisis in the four years previously (perhaps with one noteable exception!) at the airfield to which the majority of the above refers.