Syerston
ARC
I think the current 'leadership' at Syerston has to take a fair slice of the responsibility for the way the present situation has 'developed' and how the organisation has not been best served with the lack of respect dealt out to the schools.
As suggested before the schools record of actually 'doing the job' with w-end staff having to adjust to an ever increasing burden of poor support shows how little the 'boss' knew about the organisation or its capability.
The schools were competent to the point that their input should have been used before the grounding order occurred.
The schools knew their aircraft and staff capabilities and with a 'limited' reduction in 'first solo' flights could have continued operating whilst 'inspections' were arranged.
No evidence has been offered that the fleet was in actual danger of 'failures' and in practice (and has been well debated) it is the total lack of hands on tech expertise at the top that led to the dramatic stop of flying.
The management failure in all this has dealt a mortal blow to the continuity and ongoing experience level in the organisation and the staff cadet input effectively finished. Perhaps it was a way to 'reorganise' the operation, but in practice they have destroyed it.