Please note that I haven’t defended the pilot involved. As I said, I don’t know him and have no reason to defend him. However, I have read the report and it’s obvious a lot of errors of judgement were made and things could have gone even more badly wrong, thank goodness they did not.
On a public forum such as this, further accusations against an individual based on hearsay (as in outside of the published report in this case) may require the individual making them to justify themselves in a court of law. The forum rules are quite clear on this; although it’s an anonymous place on the face of it, the owners of the website may be obliged to pass on details of any of us and will do so if required to do so in a legal situation. I have no desire to get involved in such an issue - having very recently seen the price lawyers charge these days I value my house too much. Having been a member of this forum since 1995, I tread the line carefully.
P.S. I hold absolutely no clout over the actions of the CAA!