No Correlation At All
I fail to see the correlation between an accident, reason undefied, for a KC-135 at a foreign base, taking off into a known bad weather and a brand new RC-135W being purchased by the MoD.
That would be similar to relating the original Comet 1 accidents to the Nimrod catastrophe in the Afghan AOR a few years ago. Same basic airframe but absolutely nothing in common about the particular causes.
You must understand, the RC airframes, especially these new conversions, are essentially new aircraft. Not zero-timed, but absolutely everything is inspected, updated and ready to go. After all, the RCs have been flying, in various models, since the late '60s. All of the accidents to any model have been from pilot error, not the airframe.
At what point do you folks give up on the "age of the airframe" argument? Has nothing to do with the RCs, given the ongoing upgrade cycle. It is unlike anything that is done in the commercial aviation community.
Last edited by NoVANav; 17th May 2013 at 12:30.