bast0n:
'no doubt whatsoever' ...
Those words.....are not achievable or realistic. You know this.....................
Then you must agree that they were not achieved, bast0n, and so Wratten and Day were wrong to publish a Finding of Gross Negligence in defiance of that RAF requirement! Everyone else toes the line, but AOC's and AOC-in-C's can make it up as they go along. Is that your view, bast0n? It was quite obviously theirs. Personally I find that Grossly Offensive; no proof but mere conjecture based on some very dubious "modelling" of some very dubious evidence following a Board of Inquiry that seemed bent on inquiring not too much into type Airworthiness or en-route weather, add a great dollop of opinion and we have a "Finding". Well I have a "Finding". This farago was a stitch up. Two junior officers' reputations were trashed to save the compromised reputations of their seniors. Disgraceful, and don't for one minute think that this was done to protect the reputation of the Royal Air Force, because it has been badly mired by this dishonourable act. If there is anyone left in command of the Royal Air Force, that should be their primary aim now, to recover that reputation. If that leads to a similar loss by those implicated in the affair, too bad. Live by the sword....
Reopen the inquiry, stop prevaricating, study all the evidence, as has been said none of it's new but large amounts of it have been ignored by the RAF to date, and carry out a thorough and fair investigation, or don't bother and let others do your work for you. Your choice!