tuc:-
And that is precisely why the MAA should be independent!
I know what you mean, tuc, but I also know that you would be the first to say that the real reason that the MAA be made independent of the MOD is in order to avoid avoidable air accidents, particularly fatal ones. Ditto the MAAIB which must in turn be made independent of the MAA. If indeed
the DG MAA post had 'last tour of duty' written all over it when created
then good! The star chamber might then support that call. Then again that would mean it admitting the part played by some of its members in reducing UK Military Flight Safety to the dysfunctional state it is in today, so perhaps not...