Why don't RR just start whistling tunelessly while staring into the distance in a distracted manner and deny all knowledge of the 900 which looks like it will cost them a fortune in constant running repairs or litigation.
"Trent 900 ? what's that then? Not one of ours"
"Yes it damn well is it's on the A380"
"Nah can't be. It's two 800s on the outside ends and two 1000s as inners innit?"
"Yes it is now but the A380 started with the 900 and one blew up"
"Don't recall that and it won't be in the official history"
Are the other engines that RR make not capable of being slung on the A380?
Or would the cost to the airline be about the same as fitting GE engines?
Car makers used to produce the occasional lemon (before computers came along) so maybe this is an RR lemon.
In the opinion of the learned gentlemen on here is the engine fundamentally flawed for some reason that other Trents are free from or are the modifications really going to sort it once and for all?
I thought these things were tested to the nth degree before they entered service not after.
