It is even worse than that AA, for not only was the Duty of Care to subordinates betrayed, but the MOD's own Airworthiness Regulations were wilfully and deliberately flouted by Senior Officers in a vain attempt to save money at the behest of their political masters. The cost of such Gross Negligence was not only high in treasure but, far worse, in lives also. This aircraft was unairworthy as a direct result of such Gross Negligence and 29 people died when it crashed. As another direct result of disregard for the importance of Flight Safety that same Airworthiness Authority deemed ADRs and FDRs to be irrelevant to Military Aircraft such as this one. An Accident Investigation was carried out which turned out to be a complete charade given that the elephant in the BoI's room, the aircraft's lack of airworthiness, was effectively ignored. The final act of this incompetent and corrupt Authority was to condemn the deceased pilots on the arbitrary and selective findings of those implicated in the above disreputable scenario. I feel that this case reflects badly not only on the Ministry of Defence which is shown to be unfit to any longer bear responsibilty for UK Military Airworthiness, but also on the good name of the Royal Air Force. The former can be resolved by establishing an independent MAA and MAAIB. The latter can only be resolved by the Royal Air Force itself. It must start by reopening this BoI and quashing the finding of the ROs ASAP, but it will take much much more to purge itself of this disgrace.