"We must replace all the old fuel seals and re-align all the 'adjusted' fuel pipes on the MR2 by 20XX"......."hang on, if we retire the aircraft early, we can save all that money"......."even better, let's say the savings will be used to offset the increased in-service costs of MRA4"....."brilliant - obviously we won't have to deliver on that last bit will we?"............"of course not old boy!"
plus ca change.
