Nice try WCBH, you are the second one on this page to suggest that this Nimrod thread should only
"Concentrate on the facts that pertain to MR2, include those that have a DIRECT correlation, do away with rumour, conspiracy theories and speculation and we will hopefully get an answer and stop it happening again", to quote Headstone.
Strange that the Chinook and Hercules threads have concerned themselves with the RAF higher command and the MOD, ie the state of the woods, in order to make sense of the condition of their particular trees. Never mind a generic thread, IMHO there is already a generic link with those other threads and that is the airworthiness of their eponymous airframes, and the generic link with that is the airworthiness authority for RAF aircraft, and the generic link with that is the MOD. If your house gets broken into every night, only concerning yourself with repairing broken windows and locks is rather missing the point, you have to start getting tough on crime (oh, and with the causes, etc etc!). It's the same here it seems to me. Airworthiness is too important to be left to the whim of Tucumseh's 18.5 year old Supply Manager, or any other individual in the food chain for that matter. We already have a respected and proven Airworthiness Authority in this country. Time to call on them to fix this problem, generic or otherwise!