I agree.. .The BBC report, especially the headline, certainly gives a misleading slant. . .Unless you read the full report, you don't find out that the CAA started off trying to prove he flew recklessly, and gave up.
As the Press/TV reports on Tuesday morning showed, the CAA prosecutor tried to make it sound like the worst piece of reckless flying in the history of aviation. . .They ended up with a pilot who made an honest mistake!