Re: QinetiQ to be sold off
Propulike,
The fact that an experienced C130 pilot managed to inadvertently apply so much nose trim in that particular situation suggests that there was a problem of some sort. Better that it happened when it did rather than with an aircraft half-full of troops and at night.
The problem here is not what happened in the air - it happened and not because of any incompetence by the crew. The problem is with the subsequent approach to dealing with a problem which had been identified (and accepted by the IPT) years earlier. That approach was slow, shambolic and unscientific and in this respect, your comments are fully justified. In particular, fitting that trim warning thing was complete buffoonery.
On a slightly different note, why will an RAF of 41 000 still have 2 flight test organisations (OEUs/AWC and ATEC)? Surely a single joined-up organisation would be better.
SS