Hmmm......
Wratten left the RAF and worked for Rolls Royce as a military adviser. Amongst projects being worked on by Rolls Royce's military side was the FSTA. Their originally preferred platform was.....Boeing 767 with RR engines. (Since then the bid from RR has been totally changed - 'Air Tanker' now favour the A330)
When this story blew up with the later Chinook enquiries, a RR insider told me that employees were told not to comment on the case.
I don't think that there's much to be gained from insulting or querying the characters of the Air Officers - indeed that could be seen both as a diverting smear campaign (a level to which we should not sink) and possibly 'contrary to good order and discipline' - anyone serving in the Armed Forces accused of such could find themselves deeply in the poo. But there is much to be gained by taking the very straightforward view that the HoL has released its unanimous findings and the government must go along with them. Clearly the level of proof needed to sustain a verdict of 'gross negligence' has not been achieved; the findings must now be 'Cause: Not Positively Determined'.......