Islander2:
Seeking to combat his proposals by arguing that he doesn't know what he is talking about is rather naive and doomed to failure.
Islander 2 - if we are to follow your line of thought then the only option is to top ourselves. You have no alternative to offer yourself but to criticise me for being 'naive'. Your heart rending praise (read nauseating) for Stevens 'truly substantial experience', makes you sound like his kid brother sticking up for him in the playground
The fact of the matter is he is now taking the King's shilling from Cameron and will deliver up whatever his master tells him to. His credibility is shot to pieces by ignoring procedures of which he is fully aware (GAR reports, Flight Plans etc) just to come up with a sensationalist report to match Labour's Carlisle.
By penning this rubbish Stevens has lost his credibility so please don't waste further time on lecturing me on what a wonderfully talented and experienced bloke he is . . . . . .