Roland, Smiters and spanners - add me to the list 100% agreeing with you.
As you stated, a panorama programme that looked on 12 months from now to see how any BoI recommendations had been implemented (or not), would be OK. As it stands however, Mondays programme before the BoI is likely to :
a) be boll*x
b) possibly whip up a political storm to get MoD to act on "BBC findings".
On the surface b) sounds helpful (as many here seem to assume), however, the actual outcome of b) is what worries me, in that the BBC could dredge up any old airworthiness issue (for the sake of argument, lets avoid Kapton and take another old chestnut "V Band Clamps"). Hence, having whipped up storm demand action taken on "V Band clamps" despite not having a clue as to what they are or whether they are really implicated or not. Politicians face questions as to why they are not doing anything about "V Band Clamps". Politicians insist that MoD/RAF be seen to be doing something about "V Band Clamps" so they can asnwer the questions. Expensive programme put in place to "fix" the V Band Clamp problem (remember - I'm making this up without facts but just cobling together vaguely believable babble). Hence valuable money gets wasted so politicians can say they are acting on "BBC findings". Engineers pull hair out in frustration whilst real problems not addressed/properly funded.
This is exactly the sort of thinking that has money being spent on the "filter lake for de-icing fluid" that TD complains of. Hence I hope I've shown that pre-BoI nonsense could lead to more money spent in the wrong places.