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Nimrod Review

I pay tribute not only to those whose lives were lost on that XV230, but to the rest of the crews and servicemen who keep and have kept such planes flying for a long time. I pay tribute also to the families, whom I have met on more than one occasion. Yes, of course there is anguish and grief, but there has been a determination on their part—a laudable determination—to drive us to learn the lessons so that the loss of their loved ones is not in vain and we get to a better place in our systems and safety capability. They are to be applauded for that. On the criticisms that were made, there is no doubt that in this area aviation safety suffered. None of us can say—I do not believe that any proper reading of Haddon-Cave says—that we should not be driving for efficiency. Everybody wants an efficient service, and everybody wants to make sure that we are at the cutting edge in our methods as well as the equipment that we fly. But safety cannot be compromised in that regard.