Deliverance, nobody is saying that 40 years ago everything was perfect, it never was and it never will be. All we are saying is that a sustained attack on Military Air Safety was later made from which it still hasn't recovered. Why that is is the crux of the matter. It is my belief, and that of others, that it is because those who carried out that attack, and those who then covered it up, are still being protected.
If that is accepted then the only solution is to move Air Safety governance away from those who are thus subverting it, which means outwith the MOD. Ditto all the above wrt the MilAAIB. Once those two bodies are made independent of the MOD, and of each other, then the real business of Air Safety can begin.
If then the MAA requires all FJs to carry TCAS then they must, and yes the tax payer will pay for it. If they don't then they won't. The MAA will be the Regulatory Authority, not the MOD, not the SoS, not the RAF, not the CAS, certainly not me, but the MAA.
As to Accident Investigation, ditto wrt the MilAAIB.
As to GA, ditto wrt the CAA.
Last edited by Chugalug2; 12th Jul 2014 at 06:52.
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