Good question and it illuminates a misconception in previous posts.
AM Baz North followed by AM Sean Reynolds who, in sequence, were appointed to be DCOM Cap were the Senior Responsible Owners for MFTS.
As we all know - only SROs are Accountable. Suggest we elevate the cross hairs from Edwards’ centre of body mass and aim instead at those charged with delivering the programme to a Performance, Time and Cost envelope - and indeed Accountable to Parliament for doing so.
I’m sure that it hasn’t escaped our learned readership that Edwards is the 1 star charged with delivering the Air Mobility lane for Air - if ‘RAF Senior Appointments’ is to be believed. Odd that MFTS should fall to him. Almost as if the SRO wedged into the nearest 1* portfolio for convenience. Seems to me to be case of blaming the player when the game’s at fault.
Then again - he’s a big boy and probably doesn’t care what I think.