If a journalist had some aviation insight it would be an interesting project to look into Shapps’ piloting credentials. As often happens where the apparent ‘elite’ feel that the rules are not for them mishaps and Swiss cheeses start to line up. The first question would be why the need for FAA licences and FAA registered aircraft? Most aviation professionals could deduce that there is a subtext of avoiding the regulatory system of the host country for some type of subterfuge or avoidance of expense even if legitimate. Are these licences valid, current and legal? Does Shapps fly on a ppl or higher licence with instrument qualification or not? Who checks him annually or biannually? Medical? Are engineering schedules adhered to under FAA regs? Are insurances and other documents valid and up to date? The fact that he owns an N reg Saratoga with connections to the charlatans that ended in the tragic accident and the death of the wholly innocent young footballer would set off alarm bells in my mind. There is a story here if a journalist used some old fashioned forensic enquiry.