Pobjoy,
A long long time ago in an engineering universe far away, I was trained to understand that in aircraft maintenance, the work and the paperwork were indivisible. I am certain that my RAF counterparts were trained in exactly the same way.
Part of the problem here is that no details of the material or documentation 'problems' have been made public. These aren't front line aircraft and details of their condition does not affect national security. So let's see the details. After all, the taxpayers will be the ones footing the bill.
By any normal metric, taking two years to sort this issue out has to be an indictment of the organisation and people involved. And I am extremely sad at that. The public rightly expects better. They should know more about this. I'd hope that some keen young reporter does some more digging.
Coff, thanks and fully agree.
Best regards as ever to those waiting for some good news,
Engines