Originally Posted by
rattman
Ahh yeah because someone else screwed up, makes it total fine for someone else to screw up. Whataboutism the argument for dumb asses
MOD absolutely has the right to be pissed about this
Rattman
You misconstrue.
Yes, it is right that MoD be annoyed over the bolt being overtightened, the head snapped off, and glued back on.
My point, that you missed, was that MoD directed, permitted and defended far worse in the Cunningham case.
The technicians who worked on his ejection seat were not trained to the necessary standards. They were given an illegal instruction to (a) ignore mandated air publications, (b) ignore Martin-Baker instructions, and (c) invalidate previous certification and then falsely declare its renewal. Having been provided with the correct tools by Martin-Baker, they chose not to use them, and this was permitted. Using the wrong tools, incorrectly, rendered both nut and bolt scrap, but they did not declare this.
The Health and Safety Executive declared all this ‘irrelevant’ to the Judge. MoD did not demur.
MoD is calling for a full investigation in the submarine case. Quite right, but this also exposes double standards. At the moment, there is one obvious difference between the cases. Both involved intent, but at the operator level on the sub, and at a very senior level in the RAF/MoD. Both involved safety critical systems. One resulted in a death, and a root cause of the accident had happened before when killing another Red Arrows pilot. Oddly, there has been no call by MoD for a full investigation in the Cunningham case.
Thank you NAB.