Mick , emotions are running very high after the BoI publication. One thing is clear:
NO BLAME IS ATTACHED OR CAN BE ATTACHED TO ANY MAINTENANCE STAFF AT KINLOSS - PERIOD. CONFIDENCE IN THEIR SKILL AND WORK IS RECOGNISED FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS DOWN.
I think the feelings expressed by DeepGE, and in fact by many people at ISK, go much, much deeper than any supposed criticism of groundcrew. I'm sure that more will be heard of this in the months to come.
Magnersdrinker
To me there was only 1 Nimrod pilot god and that was Big Vern, wherever he may be now please come back
A few points mate:
a. Big Vern never flew Nimrods, it was his brother.
b. Big Vern's brother is not so big now
although even he would struggle with the new, overarching fitness regime!
c. There have been several
Flight Deck Gods over the years, BV was certainly one - Kinloss is a less fun place without them and I wish they were they were back.
d. There are other, smoother, more sophisticated ciders available. Pop into the Drunken Duck (and Tescos) for one example.
e. If you're fixing my jet, please can you get to bed a bit earlier? Cheers.