Don’t doubt it has not moved and probably will not for several more days at least, According too the release issued by VTST member on another venue, the CAA was not happy with the proposals being put forward that would allow the TVOC to continue to fly the A/C on a fresh Permit unless they answered a number of questions, he was not specific as to what these were but alluded too the time scale in preparing this report as the major obstacle, not the actual failure to conduct the specific work required initially that had been deferred from the original major now over 12 months ago.
The NDT testing on 603 as I understand it was to have been undertaken on major components in conjunction with the scrapping of 603, an airframe that steadfastly refuses too co-operate and remains intact, if now short of a few parts.
That this NDT work has not happened meant that the Permit was never going to be issued, something that the TVOC management team was well aware of yet on the face of it did little or nothing to accelerate the programme and allow the deferred reports to be written up and submitted to the relevant authority, that they allowed this situation too come about without making alternative arrangements is crass in the extreme, as usual they have not seen fit too comment on the matter apart from having Phleming issue yet another public apology neatly diverting attention too everyone involved but themselves.
However is anyone here at all surprised at there attitude and is this not exactly what the public has been complaining about since the TVOC began operating, total lack of transparency, bumbling management structure, poor performance of certain members of the management team and the exhibition of utter contempt for the public who too date have given so freely of there money.
That this sorry situation has come about lays squarely at the feet of the current trustees, it is they that need to be addressed on this matter and they alone that can do anything constructive too put in place a management team that can direct this operation in the manner required to ensure an efficient team geared to display XH558 for the foreseeable future.