Leon, the discussion here has nothing whatsoever to do with the necessity of risk taking in military aviation, unless of course you mean knowingly releasing an unairworthy aircraft into military service. That would undermine military aviation capability and enhance the risk for no good military purpose.
Wg Cdr Spry:
we all have our masters
and therein lies the rub. No Airworthiness Authority or Air Accident Investigator should have any master other than themselves. That the MAA and the MAAIB do not obey that simple requirement is at the root of all that has gone wrong in UK Military Aviation and is the first thing that must be put right.
SOSL:
If it's not true then we are wasting our time
And time is of the essence, as lives are at stake. One of these two papers is untrue, simply because they are totally incompatible with one another:
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk.../1025/1025.pdf
https://sites.google.com/site/milita...orthiness/home
If ever there were a case of a need of mass RAF CRM then this is the time. This isn't a matter of sharp practise in Military Pensions, or sub standard MQs, or shattered career ladders, all of which might be summarised by the "If you can't take a joke then you shouldn't have joined" response. This is about the RAF's sole raison d'etre; aviation. Anyone who knows anything at all about that knows enough to know that you don't take liberties with it or it will bight your "arrse" off. The MAA and the MAAIB are presently doing just that, and the MOD policy is that is the right course to take. Are they right?