orac
As things stand at the moment the "collision" risk, and flight safety, are not ALARP. That is not my call but that of DG MAA, who in 2010 reported that to remove the option to fit CWS in Tornado would "prejudice the Dept's ability to declare this risk ALARP". This statement was issued after the option had been provisionally removed under PR11. (PR11 being MoD’s Planning Round for 2011 - the annual budget review). Clearly, someone in 2010 had decided that in order to save money it was OK to put Tornado flight safety at risk. --- New Government.
The option was was "reprieved", however the risk remains as being NOT ALARP until CWS is installed. We can talk about various forms of mitigation, but based on my experience with Nimrod this is just a paper excersice to keep the aircraft flying in "apparent" safety.
DV