Originally Posted by
LunchMonitor
The majority of tasking that QQ spends months over doesnt need test pilots, it needs decisions and signatures accepting risk. Waiting for test pilots to be available will make the process even longer.
I beg to differ on a couple of points:
1. QQ doesn't accept risk, it advises on it.
2. It may not be apparent, but there is a lot of stuff that goes on that the engineers talk through with the pilots that doesn't get flt tested and for which the pilots are part of the review process. It is this aspect that I think will suffer if there is a few hundred miles in the way and no daily shuttle.
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