Chug I still find it astonishing that most people are willing to accept the word of a non-expert minister stating that Nimrod is now airworthy. OK he is only repeating the advice received by qualified people from within his organization. But hey, everyone remembers CAS reassuring the world about the safety of Nimrod to continue AAR in the aftermath of the midair explosion. Now look at the line MoD take on AAR.
It has been BANNED and it will never be allowed to resume. Airworthiness implementation has been so badly eroded I doubt the MoD have any clue how to construct a road map leading them back to where they were before the swingeing cuts were introduced in the 1990's.
BTW don't lose heart on this, things are astirring. Nuff said.
Last edited by nigegilb; 6th Aug 2008 at 21:19.