Paul M
I was on the edges of that transfer between the BGA and EASA, all this gliders had up to date maintenance records and had not got any unauthorised/unrecorded repairs that had a common cause or common reason for these shortcomings.
The VGS is a totally different ball game, missing records, unauthorised & unrecorded repairs etc.
All operations have their mistakes and a few had been turned up by the BGA/CAA/EASA during the transition but this is on a totally different scale, these were individual cases of honest and isolated mistakes with no common factor rather than a systematic quality oversight failure across the fleet that's why the MAA pulled the plug on the VGS fleet.
I'm sure the RAF is deeply embarrassed about this whole sorry affair, it is going to take someone at the highest level to get to the bottom of why this happened and ensure that those responsible are encouraged not to continue to provide services of this type in the future.