The sad thing is that a re-engine programme was talked about but never was more than talk. The engineers should remember that about twelve tears ago they admitted in open forum that they had under serviced the VC 10 fleet, after all the aircraft would be going out of service soon! (the K4's had not even arrived from BWOS at that time and even they turned them into great Tankers). If the USAF can make their KC's last then we should have made more of the Ten but its all far too late now. Sadly the sins of the decision makers fall all too often on the front line of years to come.