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Old 11th Jun 2012, 13:25
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Chugalug2
 
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What you say may well be correct, HH, but again I make the point that military airworthiness was not lost by lack of individual competence, nor by the organisational bureaucratic inefficiencies described in your post, but by the issuing and enforcing of illegal orders by VSOs to subvert the UK Military Airworthiness Regulations and by the subsequent cover up. 62 deaths to date in airworthiness related fatal air accidents reviewed in this forum alone, but in reality probably a much higher death toll. Enormous costs then in blood and treasure and a terrible loss to the defence capability of this nation. No one, other than the victims, has yet to pay for that.

1.3VStall, the best thing that we can hope for is that the proposed MAA conference at the RAeS in October is cancelled, following an MAA announcement that it is to be disbanded, along with the MAAIB, to be immediately reformed as two independent (of the MOD and each other) bodies. Only then can the long and difficult climb back to proper Military Airworthiness Provision and Air Accident Investigation be commenced.
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