Hoverman, I notice that the (flight ops?)Inspector didn't reply to your part time North Sea bit. Perhaps he is a Gatwick Wannabee!
I assume that you attended the court and if that is the case why didn't the defence give the CAA's professional witnesses a hard time about 5 feet up and 20 feet along? Also, what was the other (professional) pilot doing? Surely the tables and a 6 stone woman aren't so small that four eyes wouldn't see them.
Finally - for FL - "On the Skids" suggested that a discussion about a newspaper report on this forum produced "6 clear cases of contempt of court". Could this be true - bearing in mind that the CAA and their barrister were reported to be talking to the media throughout the trial?
Now that the CAA has regained some street cred, they are bound to have another go unless all of their Inspectors go into early retirement! Some are I hear! <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">