If I was a UK taxpayer, and totally ignorant about aviation, I would be moved to ask my MP to investigate why the RAF - which operates state-of-the-art platforms like Typhoon, Voyager, and soon Lightning II, - is incapable of assuring the airworthiness of a fleet of simple aircraft with fixed undercarriages (thousands of which operate safely worldwide).
And also, while you are trying to find the answer to this question Mr MP, could you also find out how much this has cost/is costing the taxpayer and who, exactly, is responsible for this utter fiasco? And will anyone be made culpable? And why is there no independent oversight of the RAF's activities?
I won't hold my breath!