Chinook Troll Lewis? - surely not?
We don't know what caused the crash - yes we can accept that - but....
Your assertions about FADECs are totally over-egged.
To compare the Chinook Mk2 FADEC to anything else before or since is where you are really wrong pal - completely and utterly. The thing was a friggin fiasco of epic proportions.
Why not tell us that the Chinooks at Boscombe Down were mothballed because they couldn't get any pilots bonkers enough to fly them - the civvies refused point blank.
And I'll just add that in comparison to VFR and IFR for GA one has to ask WTF were these two gents up front playing at with a high value cargo?
And as far as new choppers are concerned - anybody got pictures of one of the 6 Mi-17 birds that we've bought for well, peanuts compared to Merlins and Lynxes
check it out :
http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/2009/07/clear-military-advice.html
and more - Lewis I'm surprised that you don't quote Dr. North more......................