I'm not going to venture out because I don't know the details of the Cougar situation exactly and who was inspecting what. Because as I understand it, the manufacturers are not under SMS; they were just under routine surveillance. But from the way you're presenting the information, it sounds to me that if there had been an inspector who would have caught the fact that things weren't being done properly, that aircraft would not have flown that day with those passengers. But I can't say with certainty, yes, sir, those lives would have been saved.
On April 1st, 2010. See this statement in context.