Originally Posted by
bladegrabber
The manf telling us that one type of bearing is safe after all their previous statements and misinformation doesn't cut it any longer and sadly they will not be trusted by the people who make the decisions as to which helicopters are used offshore
Fully agree!
Worse than the pretty unconvincing concept of why this now should not occur again is the handling of previous significant issues.
So you have a manufacturer that delivers a very slim explanation that a different Part# of a bearing of rather similar design will prevent this from re- occurring and this from a manufacturer who has prematurely and pretty aggressively denied the cause that later came out a s the real one and all this after similar behaviour in the past.
It is about time for massive and rigorous cleansing in the two upper management levels of AH (France). Starting at the Top.
This will not help the 225. That one is Dead. But unless they throw out all current top managers the successor Modell to the 225 will face the same fate.