S-H
I take your point. My own experience is that, whatever the state of said standards – and I accept some are awful - the difficulty is getting people to apply them in the first place. I don’t know what half-baked half-day seminar they’re taught at, but in the late 90s I suddenly heard a lot of people saying “They’re not mandatory, so we don’t have to bother” (with safety, airworthiness, configuration control etc). Like I said, it’s been ruled a disciplinary offence to insist on applying what are mandated regulations. When this is the case, it’s perhaps little wonder the people who know the answers aren’t drawn to the job of maintaining these standards.
Have a peaceful Xmas and my thoughts will be with all the Servicemen and their families.