Solution
Most of us have been talking out E&P operations as that is what most 225s and many of the L2s spend their time doing.
It is clear by now that economics have taken over and that we are not going to see these types doing that anytime soon, if at all.
However, what about those aircraft not in E&P and those used in the military. It would seem highly unlikely that the military operators will not want to return their aircraft to the air at some point (by the way how many similarities does the RAF HC2 gearbox have to the L2s?).
So how could that be done best?
Obviously the issue of the suspension bars/feet needs to be cleared-up. Was this the initiating factor, a secondary result or a red herring? AH clearly seem to believe strongly it was a factor in al this.
Secondly we have to restore the reputation of the gearbox. To do that we have to show exactly why these fatigue cracks occured and preferably prevent them by a method additional to chip detection.
Then we need to resetablish confidence in the military. That will be easier than NS workers, but still needs to be done (remember Nimrod)
Surely AH will have to try? Wholesale retirement of the fleet would be economically disastarous