M01,
Who is being held to account?
No-one, of course! That's the problem with the public sector it doesn't matter how many squillions are wasted on projects (that sometimes don't even come to fruition), or daft ideas that anyone at the coalface can see won't work, or demonstrations of sheer neglect, or incompetence etc etc - no-one ever gets their feet held close to the fire and we never seem to learn.
Looking at the RAF we have had Nimrod fiascos, both AEW3 and MRA4, MFTS, AirTanker PFI and combining BZN and LYE: and, coming along shortly, possibly, the F35 (don't mention the carriers!).
It's depressing really, particularly in regard to a Service to which I devoted nearly 28 years of my life.
