It is interesting that when working on the periphery of the AES IPT previously, their TL took the Safety Manager as saving, and after a significant gap was advised to bring in a contractor..........so I heard
In the 'Teams' defence they were savaged by cuts and federated out to other PTs, the transition from the S&AD IPT to the AES PT ensured it lost the strength when dealing with FLCs, platforms and industry. The PT became very dysfunctional in the way it did business. Many of the guys who were left worked tirelessly to ensure an output, some most definitely did not!! And this was further undermined by some of the worst leadership I have ever encountered in 24 years in the military!