I know from experience how tough Wg Cdr Spry's job is and the great step forward that has led to his opening this thread on Pprune. Whilst I have a great deal of respect for the views of many regarding airworthiness, the continued raising of these issues on this thread will severely hamper the good Wg Cdrs ability to continue in this way.
The problems were not just airworthiness related but centre around how to "do" SMS in a military organisation. I would encourage people to use this thread to explore how the brave new world of safety of the MAA and the single services below it can meet the future challenges of defence.
The past is the past, and tragic as that maybe, lets help the well meaning people doing safety today meet the challenges they face in a practical way. I hope that we can all help Wg Cdr Spry with plenty of good material that he can use. He is not here to defend policy decisions elsewhere in defence.