I too was employed to sell 'em but transferred to the Future Projects department in 1985 (I think it was). One of the tasks we had in FP was to explain to the Chief Exec why fitting a 146 with two Tay engines would not see Fokker off, but would certainly see us off. As the saying goes "if I were you I wouldn't start from here" and the last thing we needed was effort wasted on the pipe dreams of those who, although in charge, didn't understand aeroplane design.