Apart from the fact that you are wrong....the pencils are no longer required... It seems that youre entire argument is centred around..."well at least its better than yours"
I agree that the Merlin is a better aircraft than the Lynx. There is little doubt in that. BUT my argument is that if I were to spend the GDP of a small European contry on a helicopter, I'd want it to work when I asked it to.
The merlin has been a complete joke for a long time and its about time it was sorted out.
The people of the United Kingdom paid for 44 Merlin and currently there are 21 in Service. We have been hoodwinked, ripped off and robbed. We want our money back!