I think this thread and many of the key observations made should be presented in evidence. Jonathan Tapper and Richard Cook deserve more !
As far as I can see, the reputations of two of our finest have been impugned - human failings aside, I wasn't there and I don't know what happened even with the plethora of evidence available - and their families have been shoddily treated by the system. I have been flown by the very best in very tricky clag and never doubted their "duty of care" for the boys in the back and they always knew we trusted them, wicked practical jokes aside - why can't they be given the same privilege ?
Just look at how the system is behaving today on other unrelated issues !