Originally Posted by PPRuNe Towers
Tsk Tsk TI,
Selective quoting and comment?
Uncle Warwick is also reported to have said:
I hope they don't either. A good aircraft and almost new but there seems some doubt already as to whether it can be salvaged and the doubt supposedly comes from a very senior figure in the airline.
Rob
I'm not sure why he would imply diametrically opposite things, apparently in the same breath. The heat of the moment?
Maybe he's trying to downplay the possibility that it WILL be scrapped by easing readers into that scenario with the words "not substantial", or maybe he's correct in saying that it's not substantial and therefore he hopes that it is not a total loss.
He does appear to have made some double talk, if the words he said are to be given their normal implications.