10w is to congratulated for trying to inject some sanity into this thread.
El Premier. sorry, 'balls' comment was aimed at the non -pilots making inappropriate comments, not yourself, with whom I just disagree.
For me, the grounded SAR heli in Shetland says it all. I'm not paid to be someones testpilot and I have no intention of being one. I suggest that all the non-pilots ponder on being a 'test-passenger'.
Ironically, I'm off on holiday to Greece tomorrow, wondering if I'm going to get away or not. And do you know, I'm more than happy to be flying with an airline that has a plan and won't be using me and mine as crash test dummies.