Tucumseh
As ever you are proved correct by your example but for every horror story (completely unacceptable and having worked in that environment the frustration and sometimes, the despair at the operation of the system can be soul destroying) there are the many occasions where the system works as advertised and action is taken and follows the correct path. Highlighting the failures, and one is one too many, doesn't hide the fact that the system works everyday. As you constantly say your knowledge of the Nimrod is not complete and the suggestion from your example could easily give the impression that this instance may have followed that path but without any evidence that this was the case.
I appreciate that this is a rumour forum but many of the comments on it regarding the maintenance and safety of the Nimrod contain hugely loaded statements such as 'well known' - having worked on the Nimrod for a significant portion of the last 25 years this fault is not 'well known'.
You also post on other forums where you, correctly, highlight problems within the airworthiness chain on other platforms. However, if you have no evidence of the same events happening on this platform all it does is darken already murky waters. A generic what's wrong with the MOD thread may be more suited to your comments.