dervish:-
Savings at the expense of safety. I've heard that one before somewhere.........
Indeed, and in every instance portrayed as a one-off! It is high time that the MOD's "stove-piping" of repeated instances of financial savings causing loss of life be seen for what it is, Gross Negligence at the highest levels of command.
Whether it be Bowman, Trabant, Flak Jackets, Chinooks, Nimrods, Hercules, Tornado, or whatever, many have died because of the Gross Incompetence of a few. The MOD is Unfit for Purpose, and nothing short of its total reform will change that. In the meantime Airworthiness Regulation and Air Accident Investigation should be moved outwith the MOD and independent of it, and of each other. That at least could start to stem such avoidable losses suffered by the Armed Forces, whether they be at peace or war.