can an ODH not rely upon the assurance given by nominating Commandant CFS as ‘awarding authority’ for SC status?
"If we had a fatality in the military tomorrow, I could give you the four names for any part of military defence who have accepted personal accountability for that. Perhaps I could refer to one of our Duty Holder letters from the Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Andrew Pulford to Air Vice Marshal Turner,[AOC 22 Group] who is an Operating Duty Holder. Line 4 of the letter says: “You are personally legally responsible and accountable through the Secretary of State for air safety, the air systems and functional safety in your area of responsibility.” We are now crystal clear in the military about where that accountability lies and it is not at lower levels, but at pretty senior levels: Lieutenant Colonel up to Chief of the Air Staff in this instance, and above to the Secretary of State"-
Air Marshal Richard Garwood (DG Defence Safety Authority) in oral evidence given to Defence Sub Committee on 26th Nov 2016.
It is the Operating Duty Holder who signs the ALARP safety statement.
At the time that Richard Garwood made that statement, and since the introduction of the Duty Holder concept, there had been the Tornado collision in 2012, Lynx - controlled flight into terrain in 2014, and Puma – wire strike in 2015, with a total loss of life of 12 in four years. No Duty Holder was held accountable; no Duty Holder has was called into a court to validate his ALARP case. Just words.
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