Third Monkey,
I am sorry about your loss. If the point of this thread was merely to encourage those who have likewise lost loved ones it would have a somewhat limited application. It is for Tapper's Dad and others who post here to say why they do so. For myself, I have a very great concern as to what has happened to the once very effective machinery of Flight Safety in the Royal Air Force in particular. Time was when all "Incidents" that occurred in service would be the subject of reports which would build up a statistical base for action whose aim would be to prevent repetition and in particular to avoid more serious outcomes, ie accidents. Accidents in turn would be the subject of BoIs whose remit was to determine what had happened, why, and what should be done to prevent further Accidents. The action for both Incidents and Accidents was invariably forthcoming, as by spending money, the MOD would save money as well as lives. All this happens today with the glaring exception of the last sentence IMHO. Money is not spent because there is no money available, so more money and more lives are lost. That is unacceptable, and that is why people post on this thread and others. Already the airworthiness of the Hercules Fleet has been notably improved thanks to the fitting of ESF despite MOD reluctance to do so. The campaign that was conducted in part on PPRune had much to do with that achievement. Now it is the Nimrod Fleet Airworthiness that is similarly under discussion. Hence Tappers Dad's enquiries, which might lead to revelations of shortcomings in the fleet. Should it be the job of a chat site to point up such deficiencies, real or imagined? Yes, in my view, when there has been testimony here of deliberate subverting in the MOD of the Flight Safety process that I described above. The MOD's latest ploy is the DIN issued to limit such talk. They must not succeed in covering up their own inaction.
Last edited by Chugalug2; 22nd September 2007 at 13:21.