jayteeto,
Many Aircrew operate close to the limits day in/day out - but manage to stay within the rules. They obey the Flying Order Book/ GASO's/ STCASI's and JSP 318 and utilise their resources to achieve the Task safely and efficiently. The planned programme for that day's flying which allocated an RN Pilot straight from the OCU (with an RAF Navigator as the other Flight Deck Crew member) to do the VIP Task whilst the 2 experienced Chinook Pilots carried out routine tasking beggars belief.
As you were there, perhaps you can explain how it was that the BOI came to the conclusion (based on the evidence it heard) that "Detatchment Crews preferred to operate on a day on/ day off basis" - thus ignoring the allocation of Lt K and Flt Lt T to the VIP Task? I assume that the BOI were made aware of that allocation -of course they were; weren't they?