Isn't Flight Data Monitoring a legal requirement on all UK regiseterd aircraft anyway now?
Even if it isn't mandatory I can't think of any UK airline that doesnt have it.
"It is Ryanair’s unique ability to identify these errors which has given rise to these reports."
So is that why they went for so long being unreported to the IAA?
I think that Leo is trying to use smoke and mirrors to distract the journalists from what I am sure is about to be a massive media expose.