BV :-
All those that leapt to the defence of AH and his outstanding experience will need to accept that in doing so they may have brought an end to the thing they love so much.
Why? If no-one had 'leapt to his defence', if AH's defence had failed in its task and he had been found guilty, what difference would that make to subsequent events? Whether pilots are negligent or not, whether CI exists or not, Shoreham was an accident that had already found a place to happen. Much the same could be said of many other venues, possibly all. In which case what would bring an end to the thing so loved is this accident, whatever its cause. This was simply the time and place where all the holes lined up and with such tragic consequences, the least of which would be an end to high performance display flying.