Stoppers,
Were commercial pressures brought to bear to avoid a cancellation of the Typhoon display?
I don't know.
If there were such pressures, where did they come from?
I'd guess from RIAT itself (Typhoon is a draw) rather than from the manufacturer.
Just a thought. And here's another:
Even if the normal reaction would have been an automatic red card, shouldn't we be applauding an outbreak of common sense and flexibility, if we agree that the bloke had learned from his mistake and wasn't going to repeat it? Red carding someone simply because "that's what always happens" is no better for flight safety, surely?
J