Originally Posted by
GeeRam
And the selling and/or grounding of a number of vintage/classic aircraft as a result.
Interesting that least guilty party in all this (The Hawker Hunter) has to a degree been used as a scapegoat (to the public) when in fact it seems to have performed 'as required' and even ironically allowed the pilot to live**. This was quite convenient for the 'Authorities' as it diverted attention away from the authorities obvious lack of implementation of the system.
This is where the real problem lies. Even in 2014 there were layers of 'supervision' quite suitable to oversee Air Shows, and normal rules in place to ensure safety.
In the case of Shoreham these 'layers' had been eroded to the point that control of the 'system' was lacking, and mistakes not being picked up. Shoreham is as very 'tight' display arena and probably not really conductive to a high energy machine that is trying to stay within crowd vision, it therefore should have been part of the 'system' that the current rules of the time were observed back to the point of a DA being issued. The Stable Doors have now been firmly secured and indeed virtually nailed down ,which in itself was an over reaction to an 'in place systems' failure to exercise reasonable control.
** The Aircraft was not responsible for this dreadful accident.