Yet another example of Wratten's extreme arrogance.
He may look back at those words and wonder why he uttered them. What he should now do is look at the comments of the inquiry, and that goes for that idiot who made the comments on behalf of the MoD and the Minister of Defence yesterday, and then digest them very very carefully. It's NOT about NEW evidence, though there was some that was previously rejected. It is about DOUBT.
[quote]It is not our role to determine the likely cause of this accident, and indeed on the evidence which we have heard and read it would be impossible to do so. We are nevertheless satisfied, on the evidence before us and against the standard of "absolutely no doubt whatsoever", that the Air Marshals were not justified in finding that negligence on the part of the pilots of ZD 576 caused the crash.<hr></blockquote>
That comment from their Lordships, all legal eagles in their own right, have stated what was blatantly obvious at the time Wratten made his outrageous decision.
"A Commander never shirks his responsibilities" is, in my view, indicative of a man trying to prove why he made his crass decision. Not of a man who should have seen the doubt that existed then, as it does now.
The outstanding feature of Wratten's lack of confidence is the "crawling" he did to those who might back him up before the report was published.
Finally, "the man he doth protest too much" seems to fit him rather well.
And, Day. Take note. You should do the decent thing and resign NOW!! Does that sound like am angry? You betcha!