Though operating from MAN has been a nightmare in my opinion for the last few months, I'm pretty sure it's absurd to liken it's fire service to "Dad's Army". As a newbie F/O on a fairly reliable aircraft I have not yet experienced a real engine fire (or burning of any part of the a/c for that matter), but I would be EXTREMELY shocked if the fire service of a large, busy international airport such as MAN couldn't be trusted to do their job properly. I suspect (though I don't agree with his way of putting it) that flyinthesky is somewhat correct - in that such writings are conjecture.
Please someone tell me I'm right - otherwise my job just got a whole lot scarier!
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