Glenn Torpy was happy to send Hercs to Afg without foam and we lost one weeks after he made reassuring noises about Herc safety to the Defence Committee.
Nimrod is allowed to AAR under SD which gives authority from AOC 2Gp to tank when operationally necessary.
Seriously, what is the point in trying to hide the mess that is the RAF? What is he hoping to achieve? Stop hiding behind lousy risk management speak, it impresses nobody.
One of the SDs says that if operationally essential and if no other alternatives exist then the aircraft can tank, albeit with AOC 2 Gp permission. So, we had a jet AARing over Kandahar 4 days after the accident!! Unbelievable.
I can't see how that could ever possibly be considered to be good risk management.
The words of a very experienced Nimrod pilot.