BOI - INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED?
To those who support the BOI findings - how can you go against the evidence that was tested in court? The decision to prosecute at CM is taken in the knowledge that the prosecution evidence would be challenged fully by the defence, and likewise any evidence submitted by the defence being examined and challenged by the prosecution. The same independent examination of the evidence can not be leveled at the BOI. Why? 1. They are all aircrew for one - why no current controller as a BOI member? 2. The BOI know that the Service have a very particular slant on the whole issue of the accident - and knowing that Stn Cdr, AOC, AOC - in - C were going to make their comment....unbiased and independent - NO.
The RAF Board of Inquiry system has now twice been called into direpute - the Chinook crash, and now the F15 crash. The Secretary of State must now thoroughly review the whole BOI process - independently of the RAF. It is patently obvious that the BOI system is required to be independent and unbiased - and in this case it patently has not been.