Flatus, I'm sorry, but you're wrong. The C-in-C is not answerable to HM but to the CAS. The CAS can (and I hope, will) call for a review into the findings. He can dismiss the findings of the 2 AMs - there is nothing in the regs that says the C-in-C has the final word. Although unprecedented, the CAS (or,indeed the AFB) can put the Board to rest. However, I suspect that there is more to this affair than meets the eye - a number of very senior Civil Servants and Military men must be getting a tadge worried right now about the possibility of deep questions being asked about the introduction of this aircraft into service...