CM.
The 361 near misses in 15 years is not a statistic invented by the SNP, but a documented reality produced by the MoD. If Angus Robertson's comparisons help speed up the introduction of TCAS in Tornado, then good for him. It has, according to MoD, been under investigation/consideration/work in progress for 23 years, a period of time which included Haddon-Cave's "Gold period for airworthiness"; just like Nimrod and Chinook.
I would have thought that these must be "concered" conditions for crews to fly under, and in my opinion is worse than the Nimrod incident with regards to "duty of care". With Nimrod is was plain ignorance of what was going on with the fuel and hot air systems, with Tornado the constant delays to fit TCAS shows a total disregard for human life.
DV