Relatives claim government failed to protect victims of RAF Hercules crash

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Originally Posted by nigegilb

It is not fair simply to blame the Govt. The RAF, if it had effective commanders in place could have dealt with the threat to fuel tanks.

You must know as well as anyone that the “blame” began in MoD(PE) (as was), the MoD (Centre) bean shufflers, the Treasury and the Government that set the tone of the day. We bought kit, as ever, optimised for peacetime training, peacekeeping and disaster relief. We gained lift weight and range and sacrificed survivability should deployment to a live shooting match happen: it did. The FLCs are on a hiding to bugger all and if they spat the dummy every time they were told to grip what they’ve been given, we would have a very interesting Military.

For what it’s worth, Leon Jabachjabicz makes some valid points. Unfortunately they are no longer politically correct in our brave new pink fluffy world.