Mike Cross
Thanks for clarifying Moody's status, and I don't think you've got anything wrong.
I believe the complaints (plural) to the CAA were made by Moody, but he did so as Ops Manager (or whatever his title was) of the Rally.
I know others present when the incident occurred didn't agree with his behaviour, couldn't understand what he was making such a fuss about, tried to calm him down and were taken aback by his tantrums.
I totally agree it would have been a good idea for the PFA management to make this clear at the time and thereby disassociate themselves from the complaint. Unfortunately, when the incident was mentioned in the PFA BB, they did the opposite.
There was a closing of ranks around Moody, supporting his actions, claiming he acted in the best interests of the PFA and, even denying he'd walked off in temper saying he wasn't prepared to work with people who weren't professional. (The controller - a professional - didn't think the pilots had done anything wrong and stuck to his guns refusing Moody's demands that he report them to the CAA.)
I remember posts by the CEO and by some chap called Arnold (possibly a police constable) supporting Moody. That said, I noticed Mr Arnold was very active in other threads running around like a little terrier snapping at anyone who criticised the EC. There were suggestions that if people 'knew the facts' they wouldn't criticise Moody - which was ironic because they were hiding and distorting the true facts!
I'm told that some PFA members (don't know who or their positions if any in the association) even wrote to Pprune trying to stifle criticism of Moody in the threads running on this site at the time. To Pprune's credit, the discussion was allowed to continue.
If the management had dissociated the PFA from Moody's actions, the PFA's reputation wouldn't have been damaged by the actions of one man. Supporting him, and denying things he'd done, simply made matters worse.