Having said I would report the PFA to the CAA, I have spoken to a friend within the CAA today.
It would appear that the CAA are still licking their wounds after the Adams & Burrows case.
I was told that the CAA are not best pleased with some within the PFA.
It would appear that some members of the PFA management and EC had information about the Kitfox aircraft that was not passed on to the CAA before the charges were brought.
The CAA were forced to throw in the towel when the defence revelled in court that the new owner Mr Sh.... had flown the aircraft for about 60 hours after he bought it and that on one flight he damaged the aircraft in bad weather and a window was ripped out of the aircraft. This was before he reported the previous repair carried out by Burrows to the PFA & CAA.
The CAA could not prove that "who did what damage" and dropped the charges of endangering an aircraft against Burrows and Adams. There were other reasons that the case could not be proved for the CAA but the main reason was the CAA witnesses had been less than honest before the court.
It would appear that some within the PFA knew this, including the Inspector Mr L.. (who was never suspended) but did not provide this information to the CAA.
"HAD WE (the CAA) KNOWN WHAT SOME WITHIN THE PFA KNEW THE CASE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO COURT".
I would seem that the owner Mr Sh.. and the inspector Mr L.. had friends in high places within the PFA and therefore were treated better than Mr Adams.
John