The thing that concerns me so much over this 'change' to servicing procedures and/or practices is this....
Have the RAF had it so wrong for the last 30 years with Nimrod?
If we have, then fine. But I don't think we have! I am not against change or anything of that nature, but I cannot help but feel that like everything else today, this is driven purely and simply by money.
As number cruncher points out, would you service a 30 year old car more or less? hmmm, let me think for a nano second!
I suspect that, unless things have changed significantly since I was on the fleet, the boys and girls on the ground just don't get 'given' the jet long enough to fix things and clear all the snags - hence why the ADD log (or whatever its called these days) is so long.
I do so hope that this dreadful accident hasn't been caused by some 'bean counter' being able to show their boss that he/she has saved the treasury a few pounds!
Kind regards to all
TSM