Originally Posted by
Treble one
I think its naive in the extreme to think that AH shouldn't have been tried when 11 people were killed in an incident where the competence of his flying was was questioned. The AAIB results may not have been able to be used as evidence in court, but the sequence of events, did not paint a good picture of the manoeuvre performed.
I think with respect you are missing the point. I struggle to see how there was a realistic prospect of conviction on the charges that were laid. That is the proper test of whether a prosecution should have been brought, not the number of people who sadly lost their lives. Far worse flying may have brought the plane down on wasteland with no harm to anyone except the pilot. "Better" flying could have gone wrong in a completely different way leading to a far greater tragedy.