Originally Posted by
Distant Voice
Of course, this was a failure in a duty of care by the MoD, and not the WSO
DV
Yes indeed. I didn’t mean to infer otherwise. It’s a similar failing to that which allowed the arthritic Tutor pilot into his aircraft. I am slightly wary of using the term ‘MOD’ too liberally because ultimately it was people (squadron flying supervisors, medics, medical disclosure policy writers) who made the mistakes in both cases; it’s easy to forget that when considering ‘organisational’ issues.
To langleybaston’s comment that I had merely listed main causes, well that was not quite my intent with the examples chosen. In the Moray accident there were lots of other causes to choose from but I selected the WSO one to demonstrate British failings as basic or shocking as aspects of the French accident.