We did this with new aircraft!! Tucanos were stored on day one and Tornados were ripped apart for spares when new!! The saddest thing for me, is that when we bought AH, everyone knew that this would happen. We talked about it in crewrooms around the country, this would have happened WITHOUT a war, so the engineers must be doing a brilliant job keeping the frames in the air. Getting aircraft back in the air by using 'experience' is commendable, but if we had a serious accident, guess who would be nailed to the wall. Just look at the Nimrod thread to see how the families feel about the engineers 'cutting corners' to get the aircraft flying. In this libellous world you are presented with a difficult choice, get it done or do it by the book and don't get it done........... which is correct???