No Bert, you have not done your homework but instead you rely on info "spoon fed" to you by Foxtrot Mike.
Please dont insult me, my name is not (if only I could remember the forum rules) or whatever.
You need to have a little more respect of the old war birds that you flew for 20 years. Over 2000 hours on these machines...you know well enough that they were the backbone of the conflict.
Tusker said a few things all of which indicates that he thrives on second/third hand bar talk...
Next time you are in town Bert, come down to the AMO, do an audit..check the documentation, check the AMO out, the qualifications of the engineers... do i need to name everything?
Why dont you guys hammer the SACAA instead? You can get all the answers direct from them.
Ps. Bring some Jack...