Well said Engines. The only comment I'd make is that MoD/MAA, and especially the RAF, will never conduct a full and honest investigation. The point has to be made, repeatedly, that this is just one in a sequence of aircraft fleets affected by conscious decisions not to manage airworthiness properly. Apart from the level of waste, there is absolutely no difference between Gliders and Nimrod MRA4. Including, notification of the problem years in advance. If the Commons Committee are again (!) invited to look at this, perhaps it could ask if MoD met its legal obligation to advise the HSE of 'defined dangerous occurrences'.