Ah, so you are saying that these Airworthiness shortcomings, of unpredictable power excursions caused by defective FADEC coding, of flight control jamming, of fuel lines routed through bays containing ignition sources, of fuel tanks with no ESF or purging fit, of Anti Collision lights that needed to be turned off in the very conditions when they were most needed, were all known risks and deemed acceptable due to Operational imperatives, PTT? Known and accepted by whom might I ask? The operating crews, their subordinate commanders, the CoC, or simply the people in Main Building who were keeping their fingers crossed? As they were all in contravention of the MOD's own Airworthiness Regulations, could you tell me the purpose of such Regulations if they are to be so flouted? In one case far from operating against the enemy, close or otherwise, the aircraft was being used for ferrying VIP's around the UK. Was that risk accepted? If so by whom and why?