EdSet100
I think it right to point out, again, that this and other fatal accidents would, in all likelihood, not have occurred if mandated airworthiness regulations and requirements had been implemented properly.
Yes, the BoI may have came to their conclusions independently, but never forget the comprehensive list of senior staffs who, over a period of nearly 20 years, have been told this time and time again. Not just on Nimrod, but across the board. I applaud the BoI members, but they did not discover anything new, as the MoD would have us believe. When I say “senior staffs” I mean 2 Star and above, up to and including Ministers for the Armed Forces. All denied it, even AFTER BoIs had reported it. Ingram denied it 9 months AFTER XV230 crashed. I hope the person who drafted his response is quaking.
You said the BoI members were “too polite to laugh”. I would expect nothing more, but well recall a 2 Star laughing in my face when I advised him, in 2001, to have a specific aircraft system checked for functional safety due to the risk of friendly fire. He didn’t. Two dead. Avoidable. B@stard. THAT is what some here are trying to prevent happening again.