Vecvec:
Complete rubbish. Self regulation doesnt work if you are weak and feeble. Otherwise it works fine.
That may well be vecvec, but is it not a gamble that every time there is an accident those involved in the aftermath to ensure that it can never happen again are "otherwise" in your own words? In Civil Aviation no such assumption is made, either in Regulation or in Investigation. Is your case that those in Civil Aviation must be assumed to be "weak and feeble" whereas in Naval Aviation (in your case) they most certainly are not? Self Regulation is the British disease and has served us ill. One only has to think of the many "weak and feeble" MP's now helping with enquiries into their expenses.