Eng(retard) - we regularly highlight problems to the IPT so spotting them isn't the problem - getting the IPT to acknowledge the problem and then do something about it is the tricky bit. Even when we highlight a Flight Safety problem, backed up with incident signals and historic evidence, they still won't accept that a.the problem is of real concern and b. that it is their job to find the money to do something about it.
Now scrapping the IPT might be the way to generate funding for a few essential mods..........