Crab, Chug,the point some were trying to make is that there are differences in approach between the Services, so you cannot extrapolate the RAFs airworthiness processes to cover the whole of the MOD.
No one is saying any service is perfect, the key thing is how you learn from those accidents that unfortunately do happen. Learning from expereince is one attribute where you will find differences between the services, and that is documented.
Civil or Military, people make mistakes. Its how your Command Chain, or airline management react to those mistakes that separate the Just from the Blame, or No Blame. There are examples of each type across industry, operators and the military, so please don't tar us all with the same brush, any which way.
Back to the Puma, just ask your self, was the BoI investigating in a Just way, or was there a Blame culture in existence at the time.
El Colonel!