Spanners123
Can you define 'fit for purpose', because depending on the definition, the creditability of the article is in question?
In answer my definition is:- having due consideration for the defined role and purpose of the aircraft is it fit to perform that role as effectively and safely as is reasonable. Next question, what is reasonable?
I think what is interesting about this article is how stark a reminder it is that simply by rephrasing the same information you can change the whole context of a statement:
One in three RAF planes not fit for use.
or
Two thirds of the Royal Air Force's Nimrod spy planes are not fit for purpose.
Fit for use and fit for purpose are very different things so from a qualitative aspect i would agree that the articles value is negligible. What it does do however is serve to keep this very emotive incident in the public arena, the exact place where many in the RAF, MOD and the government do not want the issue to be.