Now I know I am an over-the-hill, down on my luck, dumbass ol' Chinook pilot.....and anything more than a two knob radio confuses me with great frequency but just what is the problem with the "IFR Suite" that prevents the aircraft from being flown?
Just what gear is in the -3 that keeps it from being usable?
Who is the resident expert who refuses to certify the aircraft (there must a single person with the decision making authority) as equipped?
That decision must be based upon some test data or something....iddn'it?
How did the standard become ".....it cannot be certified as safe although we cannot prove that it is unsafe....".
Seems the RAF should take up the old RN practice of shooting a few Admirals and knock off some Air Marshal's!