morning, tappers dad!!
have seen the sky report this morning.
well done you and bloody well done to all those who have helped.
sadly, i know all to well about the process of trying to find out information while grieving, only to find out that again the MoD and it's bloody penny pinching ways have cost lives of our nearest and dearest. the pressure to have the planes working despite the need obvious fact they are working to the max without the necessary bits supplied or servicing done is criminal and unfeasable. the can do attitiude can only go so far, but again it has been forced to go too far. how on earth are the raf supposed to keep their aircrew safe when the pressures are placed on them from the people behind the desks in whitehall. it should have sunk in when XV179 went down that the cost of ten servicemen lives, replacing them, retraining their predecesors, the invaluable loss of experience, repatriation ceremonies, loss of ac, funerals, bad publicity, pensions, BoI, inquests....need i go on..this costs alot more than the necessary repairs or grounding costs of an ac.
you know...it is okay for those top ranking officers...the chain of command...whoever...to turn around and make a stand and say NO! maybe now we've lost 24 special people the next time the risk is evident and the fact that two grieving relatives have been forced to drag their grief and the issues surrounding it into the public domain, might just mean the next aircrew are safe.
keep the faith