DV:
Ducts listed under (a) and (b) are now being replaced in the duct replacement program, four years after they were declared "life expired".
Do you have documentary evidence that BAeS signed a report declaring those pipes LIFEX in Jun 05? I was led to believe that they made their report in 2007. If so, I could understand, to some degree, why only one aircraft has had the new pipes fitted so far, in response to that report. I believe they have to be tailor-made for each aircraft. I still stand by my assertion that the Duct Replacement Programme should never have compromised flying operations, anyway.
Today we were informed by the BBC that only one of our aircraft is airworthy. Who the hell is releasing this rubbish to the media? We are losing our way, here, big time.
Ed Settt