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You consistently and deliberately overstate findings from the board to give the impression that they were the cause of the accident whereas in reality they were errors in process.
You are always excited about the Mk7 HISL because it was never properly trialled on the Mk7.
The fact that it was properly trialled on the Mk6 means nothing to you, because they are as far as you are concerned different aircraft.
Do you know how long the conversion course is for a pilot from the Mk6 to the Mk7?
The answer will give you a clue as to importance of a Mk7 HISL trial.
The fact that you state that without a safety and airworthiness dept there would be no aircraft shows how far from the pointy end you are.
You are aware that we had aircraft before safety and airworthiness even existed?
I fully support whichever senior officers have repeatedly blanked/ignored you. Despite your obvious best intentions (I'm sure you are a lovely bloke), you would have negative influence on operational capability and have no business in military aviation.
I do actually believe that safety and airworthiness are important, but they are a long way from the most important aspect of any effective military.
Incidentally, for those who think that F35 is naked without TCAS, go and have a little look at the open source info on the F35 systems and have a think for a moment.
Something else to think on is of course that TCAS is only useful in peacetime for obvious reasons, and TCAS has the unfortunate effect of making people trust and rely on it. This is a bad thing in wartime when it is suddenly turned off....
Train as you fight.