Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
Engines, excellent posts, Sir! You describe in detail the extent of the dysfunctional mess that is present day UK Military Air Safety. Tuc has described before how files and records were "disappeared" overnight. That is why Sean Cunningham died, because that which would have kept his seat, his aircraft, and every other system and aircraft in the RAF, the FAA, and the AAC airworthy went through the shredder or was simply buried. Oh, and just to make certain that there would be no chance of saving the day, anyone who resisted this anarchy, who sort to enforce the regulations in defiance of orders to suborn the system, were summarily got rid of in place of unskilled, untrained, non-engineers.
That is what is being covered up. That is why the MAA is both unable and unwilling to expose that subversion, and why it cannot start out on the urgent reform that is necessary. That is why UK Military Air Regulation and Air Accident Investigation must be made independent of the MOD and of each other. As Engines says;
I couldn't agree more!
I am not an engineer by training, just a pilot, civil and ex military. I find it hard to believe that the shackle would need to be dismantled every 50 hours, (as “engines” stated) at any line stage. Just what might be the purpose of such a procedure, as the shackle is hardly subject to any wear or material degradation in normal use. M.B. or MOD initiated ? Or have I missed something?