FJJP
That pretty much sums it up. I had a private beer with Matt ( whom I'd never met before) after he'd re-qualified on Friday evening. He clearly had the support of all those about him - groundcrew, squadron pilots, other team members, and the hierarchy. Pretty hard situation for the man, but he then went on to do his stuff superbly on Sat & Sun, under the spotlight of all the professionals who 'knew' what had happened. Gutsy.
But from an entirely dispassionte view, and with a distant display-ish background, I'm somewhat amazed that the red card wasn't shown for the Saturday & Sunday. I recall the F-18 guy that did a similar thing over Farnborough town in 96 (?), and was blackballed for the rest of the week. From a regularity view, strange.
As for bollockings, BoI etc, leave it!