no hoper a manager who creates a culture of "it wasn't me it was someone else" is incompetent.
the buck stops here as they say.
I'll say it again. Lady you are the big kazoola. it is YOUR job as big kazoola to ensure that the company gets its act together and this never happens again.
yr right there was no cover up. the maintenance people followed the ATR maintenance and repair schedule. trouble is that ATR expect descents to be about 180 knots in turbulence and not Vmo of 230 knots. ATR did not expect that the damage to the rudder would occur so the maint schedule doesn't fully inspect to the level that was needed.
VARA have been caught and ATR have been caught. in the regulated environment of atpl flying something occurred that none expected.
they'd better sort out the cause of the problem hadn't they.
a severed tail gets the attention of people who cannot be ignored. ...and a lot of teary irate families as well.
(I'll just add that the chief pilot of alligator airways had the same someone else's fault attitude it seems. or he was dopey. alligator was shut down.)