Macca I'm not sure who you are, my guess is that you are quite young, probably in your mid 20's, probably pretty good at most things you do, probably quite vocal and think yourself as being fairly important being part of the " professional sailors " league of gentleman.

At your age I guess I was pretty much the same. Now some 30 years on I do have a few regrets, one thing principally cost me a job which would have then made me a millionaire. That one thing was opening my mouth a little too often with a little too much bravado and a little too much I'm an important guy.

Carry on as you are and I would bet you will be unemployable within a few years. Listen to a few of the older wiser sages who have been there and done it ( and there are more than few on this forum ), learn to listen and moderate yourself a little, you will in the long run be much more employable and will be much better liked.

Now I'm not trying to character assasinate you here but by you continuing to post with lots of ifs and maybes, never hard facts eg the precise number your mystery manufacturer makes F18's per year ( and yes one only has to look at that companies balance sheet to verify it ) firmly still puts you in the " Muppet " bracket.