Please tell me that you can achieve the impossible?
David,
Although, I clearly cannot speak for the entire TVOC team, I can achieve the impossible. 😀
Seriously though, I think that the truth falls between the two. Having experienced both the TVOC and RAF methods of operation, I can see both sides of the argument. Sad Sam is completely correct in all of his statements, and you are correct in many of yours. He rafers to the entire team of Airframe engineers working the Vulcan. To appreciate this, you must understand that the “Fuselage Team” and the “Mainplane Team” and the “Fuel Tank Team” etc…etc… were spread over many Vulcans, however, over 15 personnel constituted each team, and were available to each aircraft. I agree that not 150 people were working on each single aircraft as it passed through, however, if you read the threads thst this related to, you would see that this was not what was implied.
There is an ENORMOUS amount of work going on behind the scenes, far beyond the 200 or so people being referred to in this thread, however, as usual, you are way behind the drag curve regarding the work that has been required on XH558. As I have stated many times, if ever you get the desire to authoritatively state ACTUAL FACTS, if you care to send me a PM, I will be more than happy to enlighten you as to the actual state of the aircraft.
Cheery bye,
Flipflopman