In the back of my mind is how big was the back******. The Lightning if it had ever got a PtF in the UK would never been allowed to carry out revenue service, like any other PtF ticket holding aeroplane. I would be surprised if that frame has had the checks done that would have had to be done to an aircraft that had been sitting on the ground in this country. The operating company paid lip service to their AOC requirements last time, have they got in date perishable spares now and bang that will go bang when required?
It will be interesting if they did start advertising flight of a lifetime again, that would led me back to my first comment.