It would appear that our process is flawed. You are not the first person to have pointed out that safety management mainly concerns peace time operations. What kind of basis is this to build on? Why is it that the Australian risk assessment at about the same time as the RAF assessment came to an entirely different conclusion regarding the fitting of foam, modern DAS and passenger protection? Forget Vietnam we are talking 3/4 years ago.
My only hope is that some kind of accountability will noe be delivered. This is a mess and all the time our AT assets are being exposed to unnecessary risk. Interestingly the Tornado has inerting systems. It travels twice as fast as C130 at low leve and is a much smaller target to hit. The boys have the ultimate get out an ejection seat. What a woeful state of affairs. Protection appears to be based on a lottery.