Going by woptb and others posts, it seems that a form of Just Culture may indeed exist - but only at localised levels such as within unit controls and probably driven by individuals (and not necessarily processes) keeping to the rules they have been taught and doing their best to stay within the meaning of those rules.
But it also seems that the higher up the "safety" chain the larger issues travel the more corrupt the interpretation of evidence becomes which subsequently degrades the validity of any corrective and preventive actions.
Even within the so-called safety of service bounds this again is an unsustainable system where the actors at the shop floor are trying to drive the actors in the ivory towers (to do the right thing?)
It just can't work without a third independant party to act as an AUTHORITY to be heard by all the players if not actually heeded.
woptb,
"There is a huge disconnect between command & the coal face,they don't have a scooby about the unwarranted risks their people are taking. "
Are you sure they don't know? Or are the maintenance hierarchy counting on the success of bad practice done in good faith?