The documentary alluded to in the e-mail on LaboratoryQueens post and it's specific request for any faults on the Nimrod plus levels of PVR rates etc rather sounds like a trawl for dirt on the fleet and not a request for information that may help make the events of September last year any clearer...
According to who you listen to the fleet is suffering from low morale as it is without labelling every hydraulic problem on start-up as a life threatening drama in direct consequence to government under spending...
Surely the search for the truth should begin when you've officially been told a lie?