Team effort
Zulu, you are absolutely correct it is a team effort. I share the blame with the evaluators who are the designers safety net. Perhaps even the maintainers who could perhaps have raised a number of 760s and 765s. (Maybe they did and the Station or EA did not act on them) One point I tried to make was the erosion of all the formations who supported continued airworthiness. The Publications at Glasgow closed, CSDE closed. IPT assumed responsibilities but had their manning cut. My example of the Safety Manager is true. My team halved in two years, my PDS budget continuously salami sliced. my DERA then Q2 budget cut significantly. Just been reading the Aero Society mag on DE&S+ and listened to Hammond yesterday at Yeovil. The penny is starting to drop but it has taken Chinook computers, Herc ESF, Nimrod fuel and hot air ducts and bang seats. What's next.
Just saying it as I saw it.