No filling in needed. Maybe just a few happy tablets and a bit of deep breathing for the excited folk. In particular, grousehunter, who seems to be ready for a bit of 'internet-milling'. You might want to lay off the sugary foods so close to midnight, it makes you come over all punchy and you look a bit stupid for it.
Any new project will go through a period of 'bedding in', regardless of the amount of time spent in trials. This is not "corporate line" or "misleading", it's a fact that anyone who has been involved with new kit will be able to confirm.
And yes, Y-G, the number of aircraft was the big trigger in my reply. Does ORAC know something that we don't? Something factual, that is?