Hang on a minute.................................
It costs very many thousands of pounds a year to keep a public cat aircraft in the year and the pilots who are allowed to fly 'fare paying passengers' in them are subject to extremely stringent training and the result is that passengers are transported in a safe, well maintained aircraft piloted by a professionally trained and responsible person.
The passenger who so tragically died in this instance had every right to expect that the aircraft he had paid to fly in was well maintained, safe to fly and was being piloted by a responsible and safe person.
The accusations being levelled by the BMAA are systematic failures of the Inspector system and failings in the responsibilities of pilots who have been granted huge concessions to maintain their own aircraft. The AAIB are only saying what many have said for years - there are those in the BMAA who give the rest a bad name. If proof were needed, just take a look at the BMAA chat group on Yahoo today. Is there one ounce of sadness, remorse or regret for the passenger who so needlessly died?? NO !!
It is all about attacking the AAIB for daring to aportion blame and a loss of freedom of speech because a few sensible people are trying to gag the loonies and prevent even more damage - that is the kind of attitude that the AAIB refers to.