The latest I heard just as the Heli-Expo was dismantling was that they think they have identified the problem but it may be June before the fix is in place.
Lutz always spoke with passion - as if he believed in the product -was interesting and engaging and bearing in mind that English was not his prime language his diction was clear and concise. All you could hope for in a mouthpiece.
I think it is unlikely he is leaving any sinking ship, more like he is making another career move just like the one that brought him into EC in the first place. When he spoke last week he was not in any way a broken man and you do not get a CEOs job in Bombardier over night - the process that led us here undoubtedly started way before the January grounding.