Tappers Dad:
For the time being I have done as much as I can for Ben.
TD, what you have done has been remarkable. You have overcome the disbelief that your son and his colleagues could have been failed so grossly by those who owed them a duty of care. You have overcome a Secretary of State's incorrect assertion that the remainder of the fleet was fit to fly. You have ensured that the fleet was made safe for Ben's fellow aircrew. You have caused a review of not only the way in which the airworthiness of that fleet was so badly neglected, but other fleets as well. Now, as you say, it is for the MOD to put its house in order. If it chooses not to then there will be more avoidable accidents, more needless deaths. This is not a time for cleverness, this is a time for doing the right thing. History will decide on that.
Let Right Be Done!