Sea King drivers with wet nappies should take a few lessons from those that flew the spanky new creations from Yeovil in 1970 and NOT crow about how good their machines are TODAY! It took nearly 40 years of broken oil feeds and similar disasters that terrified the pants of us brave fellows that ventured into the Arctic Sea day and night and waited for the next chip light before those 'safety features' were even thought of.
Some clever fellow advised me to never, no never, fly the 'A' model of anything. (I think it was SAS) and I think he had a point. Trouble is, until the 'B' model appears you're stuck with the learning curve and a pair of crampons to get up it.
(and YES the same tale can be told of the dear old lady (S61) to whom my career - and my bank account - owe a debt of gratitude. She never let me down but frightened me witless a couple of times).
G
PS - can you tell I'm on night-shift
