It is sad that people die as a result of military training, both military and civilian, however; it does seem to be a bit of a knee-jerk reaction. When the story broke in my neck of the woods the first thing I heard from a female friend of mine was "That poor girl has died as a result of the pilot showing off" I spent a while trying to convince her otherwise.
I am sure that many other civies belive this to be the case. The catch 22 is when we cut back on low flying and (god forbid) more of our crews come home in body bags it is the RAF's fault for not allowing us to train enough?!
Someone needs to show the masses that we aren't just a bunch of idiots gallivanting around the sky, that low flying has a very real purpose and that 50ft or 100ft if a Chinook fly over a horse chances are it will be scared, hell even a gazzell at 200ft scares the stupid creatures!
