"We would not have made this decision unless we were convinced that the changes to the helicopters and their maintenance restore the required airworthiness standards."
The measures don't seem all that different to what was proposed when the European regulator approved flying 225s some months back. So it would help if some of the detailed analysis could be published. If we accept (and I do) that the regulators are independent, ignoring any political or commercial pressure; then, presumably, the detailed analysis has been based on examining the condition of a large number of both types of epicyclic used in the 225. Is it the case that the results of such a study have "convinced that the changes to the helicopters and their maintenance restore the required airworthiness standards"? While I am sure it will be discussed in the final report, some details of this analysis would help support the decision to go flying. The problem Unite, the pax, operators etc. have, is that unless they have seen the details, all they do know for sure is; (1) this issue has killed twice and (2) both these regulators got the decision wrong once before.
Last edited by birmingham; 8th Jul 2017 at 17:29.