someone is to blame.
O F O
Sorry O F O but why should we not accept the fact that it is the people in the system that makes it (or otherwise) work.
I am slowly winding down after decades in commercial aviation (Plus the ATC) and public transport operations.
Regulations for both flying and the tech side have increased many fold over the years but the private sector has to 'make it happen' or get out of the business.
The Air Force on the other hand has lost the plot on seeing the need for people who actually know about aircraft and systems and to have to shut down a fleet of gliders just shows how bad it is. You can not promote 'fancy websites' and 'hype' unless the goods are delivered.
Aviation is very much about competent 'leadership' and setting sensible attainable standards both tech and flying wise. Once you lose that basic ability then there is no point in trying to substitute paperwork as a replacement for knowledge and competence.
There are some very capable people in the RAF/MOD (some post on here) however a tech culture has been replaced by a system that promotes increasing record keeping and yet moves further away from the ability to actually maintain aircraft to their own requirements.Unless there is change then the future does not look very bright.