TI, thanks for coming back to me re "the silence of the lambs". Not directed at you personally of course but to the collective of those still serving and in particular, serving military aircrew. That there has been a failure of leadership here is plain, but it is too easy to simply blame "them" and see oneself as victim rather than perpetrator. The old Flight Safety slogan:
Flight Safety is YOUR business
means just that. If you are a very junior pilot and feel, together with your colleagues, that the level of continuity is just insufficient then say so loud and clear. It may not be well received, you may be seen as a trouble maker, tough! It is your professional duty to know when "Can do" becomes "Shouldn't do". Pressonitis is as deadly as it ever was in aviation. Of the 64 deaths including this one that I ascribe to airworthiness, fitness for purpose or currency shortcomings, the total enemy presence was
AFAIK one AK47 round that killed 10 of them. That is just unacceptable and is down to you to prevent in the future. It is not all down to "them"!