confused....
WG13 man: I think you misread my post, of course AWH are in for profit, and good business sense is that you don't give the buyer anything he hasnt paid for, thus my comment : 'AWH (or Eurocopter or any other aircraft manufacturer) are in it to make a profit' etc
Although I believe a lot of AWH work is going on, the AW149 is a paper aircraft to the best of my knowledge at the mo (at least there is a FLynx in build at yeovil) and will likely have a whole lot of things to be investigated (think W13-W30, and now 139-149).
in any case the decision has been made and I can't see it changing (won't stop the 'what ifs' though.....)
DM