cockney steve
Thank you. You are absolutely right.
Could I just clarify that the "bean counters" who chopped the funding (i.e. made savings at the expense of safety) are well known and were named in evidence to both Haddon-Cave and Lord Philip; evidence made irrefutable because it included their directives from June 1987 to June 1993. Almost to a man they were Air Rank officers. Even MoD have now chosen not to challenge this historical fact.
I predict, like the Nimrod and Chinook Reviews, the recommendations will be replaceable with "Implement mandated policy".