cazatou, thank you for so succinctly summarizing the events that lay behind this thread. Whether or not your summary is accurate I will leave others better qualified than I to assess, but taking what you say at face value perfectly justifies the position that Brian Dixon et al take, that this infamous verdict be overturned without delay. Let us all hope that be soon.
The AAIB Inspector stated that there was "no evidence of any technical malfunction which could have caused the crash." Famously he went on to add "that doesn't mean there wasn't one". True, but so is the corollary - it doesn't mean there was one either.
So in the absence of proof that would mean both pilots were totally innocent of any blame, they must be ipso facto guilty of Gross Negligence? What is emerging in other threads is indeed a story of Gross Negligence, strung out over a much longer period than
the combined durations of the Boer War, WW1 and WW2
but that Gross Negligence has as yet meant no loss of reputation, honour or post of any senior officer at the Ministry of Defence where it continues as the complete breakdown of the Military Airworthiness system.