First of all, thank you to all the contributors to this thread, I've not been this gripped since the Concorde thread started.
lessons learned which I will never forget !!! but now the regs call for three levels of safety .... but it's memories of what we all screwed up that I shall never forget
There for the grace of...etc.
I'm still amazed at how languid some pilots/maintenance organisations are about T/R faults. After the Lauda incident, which I remember well, I had occasion to lock out faulty T/Rs on Boeings and Airbus' and the attitude of some was quite disturbing.