This is a sorry business. Chickens are coming home to roost in their flocks now. The age old default of the MOD whereby it treated each incident, each accident, each loss of life, as a one off that bore no relationship to any other, is seen as the lie that it is.
UK Military Airworthiness is in tatters, totally dysfunctional, and in the hands of amateurs. tuc shows above the schoolboy howlers that are their daily output. Every time they are faced with the consequences of their own ignorance the solution is to draw up a new list of regulations, procedures, or mere soundbites.
The men and women of our Armed Forces deserve far better than this. The defence of the nation deserves far better than this. As tuc says, the one thing that prevents meaningful reform is the dead hand of the MOD, that will not admit to the willful destruction of Air Safety wrought as policy from the late 80's. That is why the MAA, together with the MAAIB, must be made independent of the MOD and of each other. Then, and only then, can it begin the task of regaining the original regulations, restoring the necessary expertise, and reforming the provision and maintenance of UK Military Airworthiness. Time is of the essence, and any delay will cost us more avoidable accidents and more needless loss of life.
Self Regulation Doesn't Work, and in Aviation It Kills!