Scaremongering - whats it worth?
As a current MR2 man who knew all the crew on 230 (some for 25 years), I have to wonder what this thread is acheiving.
from my family's point of view, they find this thread, and the Panorama episode - which I have only just viewed, being on det - quite distressing, and regardless of what I tell them, they will not be reassured while such scaremongering continues.
I may be a naive old fool but I climb on board every day without any fear of a one in a million tech defect causing my wife to claim on the insurance.
The Nimrod is far from the only aircraft type to break in a sudden and catastrophic fashion. Commercial types that fly hundreds of thousands of passengers every day do it too, TWA800 for example.
Whilst I do hope that the BOI can identify a cause and stop it happening again, as they did following XW666's accident, if they cannot then I feel it is time to draw a line under the whole affair, and let the guys and girls who are still flying them now to get on with their jobs without any more undue stress being placed on their families and friends.
I have the utmost respect for everyone who was on crew 3, but the crews that remain must be allowed to get on with their work without all this added pressure.
RIP CXX/3