And I in turn couldn't agree more with you, POBJOY. DESA is part of the MOD, just as the MAA is. Both are therefore compromised from the word go. What is more notable is the way that institutions and organisations outside the MOD; RAeS, HSE, various Police Forces, the Scottish Crown Office, and others, have chosen to ignore evidence of this gross scandal and actively field for the MOD. All this to cover up the reputations of a handful of ex RAF VSOs!
The cost has been enormous in blood and treasure and goes on doing so because Regulation and Accident Investigation remain compromised by the continuing cover up. If the excuse is that the good name of the Royal Air Force would suffer following complete revelation, I would merely counter that the real RAF exists behind the Station Gates, outside of which is merely a pyramid of bureaucracy. It is that bureaucracy that has so utterly failed those who serve behind those gates and which needs total reform just as urgently as the MOD itself.