I guess the cynical bit we'll all work out when we see a tube of vaseline supplied with the brand new helicopter.
Mind you, thinking of profit margins????
For Instance, none of the thousands of international customers have as yet seen from the grand gentleman - as part of their new machine kit - a US one quarter, or a definition of such to help them with their internationally approved Maintenance Manual which describes the mandatory tap test in detail.
Every other damm thing has to have a release note and a definition. - fuel - bolts - seat belts - etc.
Perhaps, we , yes, perhaps we will just have to supply our own lard.
I have heard that indeed there are to be new blades, which will descend to the other types from the goat stable, and surprise surprise, they will have the same alloy skins as from before the advent of the stainless steel blades