Onetrack, I think part of the problem in the CAF is the very small gene pool from which most of the officers come, that is Royal Military College. As the vast majority of them originate from this one source it generates a fierce in house loyalty which inhibits critical examination of ones fellow RMC grads, it is in fact the ultimate "Old Boys Network". In previous times the Canadian military had a much more diverse cross section, thus more prone to asking the right questions, on top of this the CAF is so bloody PC these days one is often preventd by various "rights" from even asking these questions. This problem extends to civvy street over here as well, we found we had a child molester working for us some years back, booted the SOB out in jig time, he now flies for a large domestic airline which instead of doing it the old fashioned way and picking up the phone to previous employers uses an HR firm who know nothing about the industry and how to do a REAL background on a pilot. Im told by contacts at Trenton that some have come forward and stated that they had misgivings about the jerk, have no way to confirm it but I hope some in our government are asking the same tough questions you pose!