I am trying to understand the role of IPT along with everyone else. Still not clear if Nimrod IPT act as DA. However consensus appears to be that short term engineering issues are dealt with by the front line, but longer term issues/defects could well be dealt with by IPT?
Certainly in the case of Hercules, the Herc IPT looked at Foam in 2002/03 after a risk analysis was carried out and decided it was not required. Not laying blame here, just trying to set out the decision making process. I understand something similar may have happened with Nimrod. The one in a million scenario?