It is not the military leadership that sparked this crisis, it was the failure of those maintaining the fleet to meet the basic standards of technical compliance and record keeping.
True....... but, it was a failure of the military leadership to rectify the crisis once it had surfaced. 18 months down the line and we are, errr, absolutely no further forward. Wish I had a job that paid me to do nothing for 18 months!
By the way, can we remove the question mark from the thread title now.