blakmax,
Yes, point taken. I was pointing out that there is the hard work (airworthiness wise) outside of the the RAAF and DGTA.
No I am not being "guided" from above. Research my previous posts...
I am just a line driver who is trying to make the best of this situation. The F111 and Mirage had problems too I seem to recall. The Australian spirit and ingenuity (BTW I trust our engineers with my life...) got us through... And can do again.
It burns me to see the flippant comments WRT non RAAF engineers/aircrew/sms/(insert grievence here) on a public forum without some hard evidence. Go to the source - give them (us) the info
If we are absorbed into RAAF tomorrow, sweet so be it.
For the mean time, we have the thing, get the clever folks (like yourself) pay them a shedload if we have to (DMO got us into this, so they should pay..)
and make the blasted thing work..
PM me, would be great to hear of your experience, I may learn a thing or two...After all its in my best interest...
Regards,
S&L