Ballsout
I have to disagree with you, the tailskid is vital for protecting the aircraft from damage, without it a minor inccident involving an inspection and a quick splash of paint would turn into a very expensive engineering exercise.
FNC is a very demanding place to fly from and my biggest fear is that the Jet 2 blame culture will have kicked in.
With the operating conditions at FNC you have to expect to occasionally have problems, airlines need to except this fact or not go to FNC.
I doubt that the Jet 2 HR department will see it in this philosophical way when a witch hunt is far more fun.