And therefore you acknowledge the likelihood of inevitable and significant teething troubles in a new venture
In an undertaking of this size, I think there's a fair chance that there will be at least the odd ripple to sort out along the way. Surely noone would expect any different?
DHFS wasn't, to my knowledge, broken so why replace it with untried and untested ideas when actually we probably just needed replacement aircraft
I agree, and one of the challenges Ascent face is that DHFS has worked pretty well over the years. However, even an aircraft replacement/major upgrade programme within the existing set-up would cause significant turbulence for a period - how could it not?
If the new system doesn't work, what will we do about it...
You've got me there!