Thanks for the link Tuc.
Hasn't it occurred to Mr Answorth that if the MoD's processes, structures and systems had done their job correctly, then there wouldn't have been an explosion, a BOI, nor an Inquest, in the first place!?
The airworthiness system is broken and Mull, Nimrod and Herc are but a few examples of a system in freefall. The frontline deserve better support than the present system is currently capable of providing.
However, I suspect that while there may be a few rotten apples, the vast majority of DE&S are hard-working and committed individuals who, like many others in the MoD, feel under-funded, over-stretched and unloved.
Let the good men and women therein stand up and be counted. I would ask them to remember that the people on the front-line are only as good as the equipment they use.
I plead with AF Min to wake up and smell the coffee.