glad rag:
Doesn't that say a lot about military safety standards compared to civilian standards? No.
Quite right glad rag. Nowt wrong with Military Safety standards, as long as they are adhered to and enforced. The words FADEC and Chinook Mk2 should send a shiver down the backs of those contemplating the A400 RTS if it should ever happen. The difference between UK civilian and military airworthiness standards are that the former are enforced but the latter are not, by their respective authorities. The former is of course independent of its operators, the latter is one and the same. For military airworthiness standards to be adhered to requires an independent and separate MAA. Self Regulation does not work, in aviation it kills!