CM:-
Wg Cdr Spry is not a punch bag.
Absolutely right CM, so who has been punching him? This is a forum for grown ups. Grown ups should be able to discuss the scandal that is UK Military Airworthiness. The good Wg Cdr himself has explained that Flight Safety and Air Safety are both dependent on Airworthiness. That is the conundrum, because what happened in the past during Haddon-Cave's "Golden Period of Airworthiness" reduced Airworthiness, and hence Flight Safety, and hence Air Safety, to the dire straits that it is in today.
We can either ignore that, keep ticking the boxes and keeping our fingers crossed, or face up to it like, well grown ups. RAF VSOs perpetrated this mess. It is for the RAF to clear it up.
Hope that's not too punchy, Courtney.