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“Apart from the tailrotor?”
Sorry, that was my oblique way of reminding readers of CDPs’ rulings that PMs and contractors can regard airworthiness, and sustaining airworthiness, as optional – but Westland have never, to my knowledge, taken advantage of these rulings by knowingly delivering an unsafe aircraft or equipment. Unlike others. Regardless of what anyone thinks of their products, I respect them for this.
Sorry to state verifiable facts on a rumour forum!