TBT:-
there are two sides to every incident/accident.
I think we are getting to the nub of things right there. There are two sides to every charge, prosecution and defence; and a great deal has been made pro and con that already. How can there be two sides of every incident/accident? They either happened or they didn't. If they did there can surely be only one 'side', to make every effort to avoid a repeat? There should be total agreement about that amongst 'the professionals who fly and support military aviation' (a condensed version of the PPRuNe Military Aviation Forum dedication)? That is the very foundation of Flight Safety, a notion that seems to have been forgotten amidst the general ballyhoo.