From the minutes of the meeting with Bob Ainsworth and Sir Gen Torpy
10th July 2008 at the MOD London
Ageing Aircraft
The issue of ageing aircraft was raised. Was the MOD capable of servicing ageing aircraft? In response, the CAS confirmed that the MOD was doing a huge amount on the issue of ageing aircraft. On Nimrod, specifically, we had decided to carry out a complete tear-down of an aircraft to ensure we knew everything there was to know about the aircraft. ( Actually BAE are doing the strip down)
My answer to Bob Ainsworth on the day was. it is a bit late now, I would have hoped you already knew all there was to know about this aircraft after all you say it's airworthy. His answer was they didn't want to miss anything.
