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Mike · 29th October 2009, 12:13

Don't disagree with anything said. Two points from me to consider:

1. the very first error and thus original cause of this tragedy was unsafe (dangerous/flawed/un-professional) systems origination/design in the original Nimrod - hence in the 1960's, so 40+ years ago. This fact speaks loudly that the problems are far from new. So it can't be case of it was all much better in my day because clearly it wasn't.........

2. you can't put a price on safety but.......; military aviation is and always has been a massively expensive industry. I can't hear many people calling for the tax rises that would be required to fund restoration of proper safety systems and procedures, and to restore safety requirements over all else. I don't expect we'll hear such calls at all but without them nothing can change.

29th October 2009, 12:13	#15
Mike This is my second home Rover 75 V8 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,448 Thanks: 0 Thanked 206 Times in 32 Posts	Don't disagree with anything said. Two points from me to consider: 1. the very first error and thus original cause of this tragedy was unsafe (dangerous/flawed/un-professional) systems origination/design in the original Nimrod - hence in the 1960's, so 40+ years ago. This fact speaks loudly that the problems are far from new. So it can't be case of it was all much better in my day because clearly it wasn't......... 2. you can't put a price on safety but.......; military aviation is and always has been a massively expensive industry. I can't hear many people calling for the tax rises that would be required to fund restoration of proper safety systems and procedures, and to restore safety requirements over all else. I don't expect we'll hear such calls at all but without them nothing can change. __________________ Mike [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]