Kam, a very sincere and warm welcome to this thread. Your testimony is from one who has experience of the BOI process and its severe limitations to answer the need for information and explanation concerning the tragic deaths of loved ones. Discussion on this thread, indeed on this forum, tends to be technical and full of jargon, ie scarcely inviting to those not in the know. So also it must be for the BOIs, where NoK have no choice, they must grapple with these unfamiliar processes and language. All the more reason why we all, Air Staff, BOIs, CoC, etc, should do all that is possible to accommodate them. In the incestuous system that is the MOD, I fear that is an unreasonable hope. Secrecy is a way of life, in excess of the need of national security, and quite frequently acting against it. Just as the need of a detached objective independent Airworthiness Authority is becoming ever more obvious, so such an authority is likely to produce detached objective findings following investigations into military aircraft accidents. You have shown that there are other important factors at stake here other than the vital ones of "what happened, and what must be done to stop it happening again?” Thank you Kam, for your brave second PPRune post. May I offer my condolences for your tragic loss and our thanks for your contribution? Please don't make it your last post, for the tragic truth is that there will be more tragedies, more stricken families and more NoK trying to grapple with this strange and forbidding world. They will surely find comfort and support from those like yourself who have travelled this road and are willing to help others do likewise.