teeteringhead
-re GW2, there were three losses in one day due, according to the BoIs, to airworthiness failings. Nine dead. All the stated failings were notified to the relevant 2 Star at least 4 years before, and he ruled the aircraft need not be safe when delivered to the Service. The frustrating thing was that in each case the "system" I describe above worked perfectly well up to the point of his ruling. There was adequate funding and perfectly good designs. In each case, it was actually easier, cheaper and quicker just to stick with those designs. Huge resources, both in MoD and Industry, were expended arguing the case. Industry and most of MoD wanted the aircraft to be safe; some seniors didn't and they just issued an overrule. A possible solution emerges. Sack them.