Some of the comments and posts on this thread are beyond contempt, especially from supposed seasoned aviators. To insult and demean those who created the Flight Manuals in such a derogatory manner is beyond me.
On my part, this is neither hero worship as implied by HC, nor blind faith. These guys wrote the books that we rely upon to do our job; they come here to share their knowledge in an open discussion and get abused and denigrated.
DB, your post is just appalling: I hope that you are ashamed of yourself and realise that if we never see contributions from the likes of Nick and John ever again then you and HC should go, too.
This chest beating arse was responsible for the demise of the S92 in Newfoundland!
A simply shocking thing to say.