Meadowbank.
".... I will not tolerate shortcomings of concentration or personal discipline in aircrew. It follows that I wish to put this policy into practical effect by ensuring that formal disciplinary action is taken whenever....clear evidence emerges of unmitigated indiscipline or negligence. The increasing evidence of such cases suggests that past practice, which has been to shun the disciplinary approach ... is no longer appropriate....Formal disciplinary action has always been an option open to us and we should not steer away from it"
This extract crystalises in a few lines why we find ouselves at this juncture. The 'wheel in the guilty b@stard' approach to military discipline was alive and well in the Wratten/Day era. That coupled to their Airships feeling that a robust finding would be required due to the scale of the disaster, the importance of the deceased pax; and the need to cover their own shortcomings in management and leadership.
Were their Lordships in possession of this document?