I may be entirely wrong (quite often am) but I wonder if the armed forces are being further lined up for the 'blame culture'.
In my industry the Financial Services Act was introduced - it was claimed - to protect the consumer. As far as I can see, however, its main purpose is to create a paper trail so that, if things go TU, they can always find someone to blame instead of sorting the problem.
I was fortunate enough to visit Larkhill a couple of years ago and all I could see were Health and Safety notices everywhere. Is this now the thin end of the wedge for the RAF? Do hope I'm wrong