If there is another side to the story that can't be aired in public PM as I am bound by the Act.
Sir George Cayley
Er...It doesn't work like that, well I sincerely hope not anyway!
Unless and until these "top blokes", including the present CAS, stop defending the indefensible and start to denounce the appalling chaos that now masquerades as the Ministry of Defence the sooner avoidable tragedies such as this one can be avoided. This accident, like the Hercules accident, like the Nimrod accident and a great many others has its origins not in the tactical brilliance of the Taliban but in the inept and malevolent machinations of those in the corridors of power, both suited and uniformed. With a new SoS and incoming CGS, CAS etc let the total reform of the Ministry of Defence be a top priority, for without that we are condemned to more and more of these "accidents".