Hope Blooms EternalForgive me, but I've recently learned that they've screwed the engines on the FTV3 backwards, if you can believe that, and this explains the otherwise unexplainable or unexplained return to flight testing of this vehicle. Likewise, with FTV5, they assembled the interior pretty much on schedule back in July but as is the case with most IKEA products, there were a few scrws left over. When Transport Canada found out, they were forced to remove the entire interior and start from scratch again. Hence the otherwise unexplainable or unexplained delay. Now as for FTV1, this is a sophisticated aircraft with industry leading carbon fiber wings and so on and not just any body shop can do the job. Bombardier was forced to turn to the Short Brothers in Ireland for the expertise, but wouldn't you know it, the Short Brothers were booked all summer putting together prototype components for Airbus. I know it doesn't make sense but one of those four new divisions operates somewhat autonomously now and the guy these report to has been issuing unintelligible orders to nonexistent divisions ever since his birthday when he locked himself in his basement - some sort of scorched earth policy, firing key leaders and leaving others cowering, afraid to make decisions, and in some cases, yes, defecting to the Americans or the French. I hope this helps to explain the delays.