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but there were still those that went with the flow of the military view just to make sure the contract/approvals were not put at risk, or avoid any come back on them, and lastly to make their days easier.
I don't doubt it, bad apples and all that, but like your JENGO they are symptoms of the problem rather than its cause. The problem is the UK Military Air Regulator itself, staffed as it is by many who were complicit in creating or covering up this scandal. It is fatally compromised by its inability to acknowledge what really happened, who were really responsible, and instead clings to the fiction of the Haddon-Cave "Golden Period".
No matter how many new regulations the MAA dreams up, UK Military Airworthiness will remain the buggers muddle that you so aptly term it. Nothing short of a root and branch reform will suffice, starting with replacing the MAA and the MilAAIB (or whatever the sign outside reads this week) with truly independent civilian led versions. Now this may bring to mind the words Turkeys and Christmas, but anything less will simply prolong the agony, cost yet more life and treasure, and further compromise our national security.