Originally Posted by
alfred_the_great
the CAA and AAIB are separate and independent. I‘lol have to check, but I’m pretty sure his aircraft was on the civilian register.
So they say, ATG, but perhaps we should judge them by their actions rather than their claims. As AJ has pointed out, the CAA has been content to allow fleets of uncertified aircraft permits to fly. Unairworthy aircraft are an accident waiting to happen, putting one into the confines of Shoreham with crowds of unsuspecting spectators inside and outside its boundaries was foolhardy. That is not just with the wisdom of hindsight, it would always be foolhardy. It behoved the Regulator to assure itself that the aircraft was airworthy and the display safe, it behoved the investigator to point out its failure to do so. Independent, separate, or not, both failed in their duty. Why?