This was discussed at great length in our office. A more damning report on MoD policy could not have been written. As an ex RAF bod and MoD civil servant, the failings that were identified were ones that every aircraft engineer had identified and why so many people have left.
The constant salami slicing of highly experienced manpower, the dilution of airworthiness policy and the impact of massive financial constraints has led to a dangerous situation that unfortunately only got raised in profile due to 14 untimely deaths.
Remember this when the next round of Civil Servant cuts is propsed and the Daily Mail tells you about the glut of them compared to servicemen (and women), the vast majority of CS that have been lost thus far and will be lost, will be those at the sharp end with the experience. In my time the number of beaurocrats has risen exponentially whilst the spanner monkeys has fallen. And it’s getting worse!:mad:
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