PC:
Indeed, Henderson's article is so full of inaccuracies, she should get a job with News International.
Therein you point up the whole dilemma of the present arrangements. What comes through loud and clear from the whole sorry saga of this thread is that some people in the RAF have been involved in suborning the UK Military Airworthiness Regulations, and thereafter further involved in covering that up to the extent of besmirching the reputations of deceased JO's without proof, honourable Air Marshals notwithstanding. So quite apart from tackling the ongoing inevitable implications that has now for the Airworthiness of ALL UK Military Aircraft , it raises uncomfortable implications of the propriety of those RAF Officers charged with such responsibilities, honourable Air Marshals notwithstanding. In short, who do we believe?
What was on that tape, who saw what from a Chinook cockpit, is incidental to the fact that they are all dead. What we must turn our attention to now is to prevent future avoidable deaths in UK Airworthiness Related Air Accidents or failing that to ensure that such accidents, along with all others, are properly investigated. The Royal Air Force and the Ministry of Defence have shown themselves incapable of discharging either responsibility properly, let alone effectively. That is why we desperately need a separate and independent MAA and MAAIB, and time is of the essence.
Self Regulation Never works and in Aviation it Kills!