I've been told that the fix was agreed with CAS before Christmas, and it's been awaiting the "Ministerial Tick" since then.
Whatever it is I do hope we know soon, it's only human to invent rumours to fill an information vacuum.
And I must agree about the "influence" of the VGSs - my 3 solo launches in a Mk 3 way back when led - pretty directly, via a Flying Scholarship - to 30 + years and 5000-odd hours of regular RAF piloting.......