It's interesting to see how many many people see "conspiracy" all the time. The fact is Nationwide has been lucky to operate up to now. There have been numerous occasions where their AMO licence needed to be withdrawn, but lifelines where given every time.......by CAA Senior Managers and GM.
VB has been cutting corners for years. Even fired QA personnel because they did not want to sign off on non-conformances. I wonder sometimes if there weren't backhands towards certain CAA officers......otherwise they would have been out of business years ago. How they were allowed to operate for so long baffles me.
NW has been roumered to use "bogus parts" for years. At least now we know that "possible unsafe aircraft" aren't carrying people around.....for now!