My posts on this thread point to the Achilles heel of the RAF Airworthiness and Flight Safety system, whereby its objectiveness is fundamentally compromised by the way it can be subject to interference and misdirection by those in command of the RAF, unlike their civilian counterparts who are under the direction of an independent authority. That contention has yet to be denied. This may or may not have been of significance historically, but in these days of a major part of the RAF being at war, while being under unprecedented financial and manpower restrictions, it is surely a cause of great concern now. Interestingly that leadership is being criticised in a similar way on the "parliamentary" thread re Hercules ESF, and is of course the immovable object in the fight to restore the reputations of the Mull Chinook pilots. It seems all roads are leading to the offices of those at the very top of the RAF. We need to speak the unspeakable if we are to see that leadership exercise some of its most important responsibilities, making the RAF fit for the wars it is fighting!