One would have thought that, under the CAA drive regarding a 'total safety culture', and if 'safety systems' do indeed reach right to the top, both the troops involved and their managers would all be taking it a bit more seriously (rather than finding way to cut costs).
You see, if it could be proved that due to a lack of diligence an incident occurred, then one might assume all involved should face the consequences in that - much like being tired, then driving down a railway embankment, and causing an accident which subsequently maims & kills people - maybe the threat of custodial sentence would help focus attention to the task in hand.