Has Mr. WAT been at work again. Does it even still apply to modern beasts? There was the case, 20 years ago, at MXP, after much extensive resurfacing work to one runway where the truth was unearthed, literally. No doubt the cheapest tender had been accepted, or it was the cousin of the mayor, or it was the uncle of the airport manager, or......but he first take off of a heavy, on a very hot day, gouged chunks out off the new surface. Dodgy black stuff from the back of a lorry had been spread, it was suspected.