-re the almost certainly erroneous claim that Martin Baker didn’t send servicing information to MoD, I’ve just remembered that MoD has form here which was the subject of a question to a Minister (Ingram) on Mull of Kintyre.
Despite the AAIB report detailing a series of faults in an avionics system, MoD claimed it was perfectly serviceable. (Part of their lie that, just because the SuperTANS held data in battery backed-up memory, that meant the entire Nav System was both serviceable and accurate – completely disregarding the inconvenient fact it was not even cleared to be fitted to the aircraft, never mind used). Related to this, MoD claimed it had no servicing information on how to set up the system’s Automatic Gain Control. I wrote to my MP – he asked Ingram, who replied that MoD stuck by their statement. I wrote again, giving him the figure (in dB) that MoD claimed they weren’t aware of – something I could only have obtained from the APs. MoD declined to respond. Not a million miles from what they're claiming here.
Lessons – MoD usually have the information if you know where to look. MoD don't look. They also lie. And Ministers are content.