With a fear of sounding like southside, I didn't think the AOC did too bad a job replying. He hasn't got enough stars to do much about the situation - he's just got the job of fronting it. The core of our problems result from having no one person to blame, because those who are in a position to make changes are too busy with political willy waving.
The acid test: go tell your boss about something unjust, poorly thought out, a waste of money or just badly explained. I will guarantee the result will be a shrug because nobody nearby is to blame for anything! That goes certainly above Stn Cdr level.
The AOC has to manage only part of a large organisation focused too heavily on fast jets and fixated with unimportant trivia. While jets are sitting around broken we've got committees discussing things like rucksacks, tactical flashes and the latest, expeditionary air wing badges!
Very few people on an average station have time for aircraft stuff!