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Old 11th Mar 2010, 15:12
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The AVM merely quotes long standing MoD literature on the subject, which was also pointed out to Haddon-Cave. Another example of his recommendations actually being a simple call for MoD to practice what their regulations mandate.

The trouble, as always, is that there were clear Organisational failures, but because they were at 2 Star and above, the individuals were protected. H-C shamefully named a Gp Capt and Wg Cdr, when all the evidence presented to him pointed to a civilian 2 Star, an AVM 2 Star and a former Admiral, later civilian 4 Star. This evidence was irrefutable as all were kind enough to confirm, in writing, that airworthiness / safety / fitness for purpose could be ignored.

This isn't thread creep. Same people on both Nimrod and Chinook (and C130, Tornado etc). Nimrod, C130 and others were inevitable because organisational failures exposed on Chinook (and admitted in 1999 by the above 4 Star) were not challenged.
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