Sorry Canberra you are wrong.
A Board of Inquiry was convened and then suspended.
The controller concerned never appeared before this Board.
A Board of Inquiry would have allowed the controller to defend himself and raised all the issues pertinent to the accident.
As it stands - the RAF has chosen to bypass this option and levelled charges to be heard at Court Martial. A consequence of this action is that the controller's defence costs will rise significantly. My personal view is that this is a deliberate measure to put pressure on the controller concerned to back down - the choice of Aldergrove as the venue for CM only adds to my suspicions; is anyone seriously suggesting that the RAF can only hold high profile CMs in Northern Ireland? I think not !!!!!!