Are we talking about the same program?
Whilst I saw that channel 4 were going on about a unique fuel policy ..which it by and large isn't ....BEA had a similar mentality of writing the reasons on the nav log on the Trident and league tables which led to office visits without tea and biscuits in the 1970s.
The difference then was that we had a union and a lot of ex bomber boys who would tell upstairs to stick it. (I read many facisious remarks but the most popular was Captain's discretion, followed by weather then for the wife and kids).
What Goss excellently stated was that pilots had concerns about safety and they felt that these were not being correctly addressed especially by the authorities - hardly a reason to sue him for libel.
Having dealt with several authorities including the IAA I am in 100% agreement with Goss.
A friend of mine said of him from his Air Corps days "a very black and white officer".
Rare breed indeed!