Centaurus, of course I did not mean to imply a lack of maintenance, rather at our utilisation rates, the cable issues required increased maintenance and downtime, not good for a commercial operation.
We have had, and continue to have zero issues with operation sans the slats. I find the moth benign in stalling charateristics compared to the over 85 types I have flown as P1 without the slats.
In high utilisation aircraft, without the beneift of an Air Force maintenance regime, no slats is the way to go.
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