Excellent points HP
In the case of your aircraft you have very firm views which you are now going to back up Legally, which is a very sensible way to do things.
However what about where there are no such Legal provisions (and the family of the deceased are against such a rebuild?)
We have two or three recent examples
Spitfire PV202 – now being rebuilt with the blessing of the families of the deceased
RNHF Firefly – will not be rebuilt because of the policy of the operator and indeed, a member of the family of one of the deceased has said on this forum that they would be against a rebuild.
It is a very emotive issue and I think Rolls Royce may have unwittingly found a different way around the problem, RM689 is being rebuilt (with the deceased family’s blessing I understand) but many years after the accident. Maybe there is a case for storing the wreckage until a decent time period has elapsed.
FWIW I think each case has to be judged on its own merits (a cop out I know) but if the views of the Pilot are know beforehand it will certainly make the decision easier. But just in case, lets not rush to scrap the wreckage.
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