tuc:-
This case is actually a very good example.
Indeed it is, not only in the arcane sense of those technically informed, such as yourself, EAP, Ogre, and others posting here, but also of those with power that is unconstrained by such technical expertise or even the basic awareness of the difference between right and wrong. The dismissal of those dedicated engineers who would not bend to illegal orders to suborn the airworthiness regulations and their replacement with those who were ignorant of the regulations and who did as they were told effectively compromised the system to the extent that it became utterly dysfunctional. Thus it has remained, despite the constant reinventing of titles that merely keep the sign-writers busy.
There will be more tragedies, more avoidable deaths, more waste, until the very deliberate damage to the system is repaired. That can only happen after the Military Regulators and Investigators are independent of the MOD and of each other. That can only happen after the RAF 'fesses up to the actions of some of its Air Marshals, and the cover up since by other Air Marshals.