Goprdon:
Each case must be considered on its merits. or some might say its lack of merit.
As they invariably are, though what constitutes "merit" is rather the nub of the case, is it not?
Would, for instance, a 2* issuing an order to an entire IPT to disregard the UK Military Airworthiness Regulations as applicable to the subject aircraft of the project team, but nonetheless to sign them off as complied with, have merit?
Would such an order not be illegal?
Are not illegal orders to be both disobeyed and reported to higher authority?
Is it then at the discretion of that higher authority to not only take no action against the 2* but on the contrary to confirm that such an order was legal and that disobeying it should result in disciplinary action?
Does such an interpretation of such an order pass:
"The Public Interest Test"
How?