Originally Posted by
OldLurker
I've no connection with the AAIB, nor with the individual who's been referred to here, but his CV doesn't look at all like some cartoon Colonel Blimp, but rather a highly qualified and experienced aviator and accident investigator. Of course, if he wasn't such a person he wouldn't have got the job. I do know some present and past British army aviators who certainly aren't the sort of 'military' type of popular imagination. YMMV
I have no connection either. But there are plenty of highly qualified and experienced people in all kinds of fields that have a personality problem. I think most airline pilots have had to deal with this sort of person. There are also plenty on the other side of the coin with unrealistic expectations.