Two's in:
My point? An effective BOI means doing something about the problem, not just neatly and accurately identifying it.
And point taken TI, which is where the Regulatory Authority comes in or, as you so rightly point out, invariably doesn't in the case of the MOD. That is why I'm prepared to accept as possible that a sufficiently robust inter service arrangement for Air Accident Investigations
might be possible, but am adamant in my belief that UK Military Airworthiness Regulatory enforcement must be entirely separate from and independent of the Ministry of Defence. Leaving the operator to voluntarily pick up the tab for such upgrading as you describe is simply asking too much of it whether it be Civil or Military. We know a slogan about all of that, don't we Boys and Girls? Yes, that's right:
Self Regulation does not work and in Aviation it Kills!