BTW
I don't think apportionment of 'blame' is helpful and neither do think that is what you meant - just to clear that up. However, I just wish the RAF higher echelons and MoD procurement/DECs would accept their responsibility and now ensure that the obvious 'systemic failures' in procurement and airworthiness that led directly to the loss of XV230, XV179 and a host of other ac is not allowed to happen again. That is, to prevent recurrence.
Unfortunately, all we seem to get from people like Ainswoth is platitudes and sound-bites without substance.
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