I have just watched the 2100 News 24 Bulletin, Nimrod leading and this time there was a report on the follow up IR. I sense elements of the Nimrod fleet are at the end of their tether.
The BBC report referred to the post XV230 procedure of monitoring the bomb bay during AAR looking for fuel leaks. So, Glenn Torpy says there is nothing connecting these leaks but they think it a good idea to look down a periscope in the bomb bay. Well, this could well have saved the lives of the crew.
How many times do we have to call for enhanced fire/tank protection?
Who cares about a career when you might wind up dead on your next sortie because some bean counter didn't want to spend the money and your own CoC was too weak to demand it?
""Asked if he thought that air-to-air refuelling was safe, Sir Glenn Torpy told Panorama: "It's exactly the same as the rest of the integrity of the aircraft. It has been a focus for understandable reasons and we did suspend air-to-air refuelling for a period in November. We are looking at what we're doing. It is as safe as it needs to be."
He admitted to being "very concerned" about the number of fuel leaks. But he added: "That's why we've made sure we analysed every single incident. There are no underlying themes."'