Engines
Well said (again) although I would reservations about the RAeS being independent when it comes to MoD's airworthiness failings. Individual members have spoken out robustly against MoD's behaviour, but some very senior people in the Society have defended the indefensible and proven themselves morally bankrupt. On many occasions over the past 15 years it has acted as the mouthpiece for the RAF Air Officers who oversaw this debacle and, when cornered, has simply said that airworthiness is none of its concern. Which may come as a surprise to its Airworthiness Group.
I'd like to see the members of this Group prepare an independent report, along the same lines as the "3 Fellows" report by members of the Flight Operations Group in 2000, which the hierarchy - at the RAF's behest - distanced themselves from and ordered "burned", but which remains perfectly valid to this day. In fact, the later airworthiness appendix to this report would be an excellent starting point. You only have to delete Chinook and insert Gliders.