So a whole thread on MRA4 yet not one poster is involved with the project or knows anything about it!
I was involved with it for nearly 5 years before I managed to escape. It is the most frustrating project I've ever worked on. I'm not sorry to have left it. I do feel sorry for the many talented people working on this project who, once again, have the axe hanging over them. It isn't a great working environment I can assure you.
If you want to know why it has problems check out the flying rate it achieves at Woodford then compare that to its 'home-base' at Warton which is vastly poorer. This is well known in DE&S and MoD
Indeed, so why has PA1 been returned to carry on the flying programme out of Warton?