Je regret,
Obviously being here in France has adversely affected my Anglaze and the way wot it is writ.
I will try and spell it out again. The ONLY Authority for a finding of negligence for a STC Accident is the CinC STC.
The Board, Station Commander and the AOC will each express their own viewpoint in their findings and the AOC in C will, doubtless, take these into account in his own deliberations. For example; OC RAF Odiham concluded that there had been a failure in the duty of care.
In this particular case the views of the AOC and the CinC coincided and they were in "no doubt whatsover" that the 2 Pilots were "negligent to a gross degree". The final decision, however, rested solely with the C in C.
Most unusually, but not surprisingly in view of the high public profile of the accident, CAS also reviewed the BOI and the findings before it was released. He did not dissent from the views of the AOC and the AOC in C.
Last edited by cazatou; 9th Apr 2006 at 10:29.