Interesting reading.
Not defending Vince by any means here but I think some should be perhaps a little less... "aggressive" with their posts/views.
It's obvious to all through reading the report what the problems and causes were here, and I will not condone those, in fact it makes for worrying reading, but let's hang back a bit. It's not up to any of us to publicly castigate the guy and act as judge, jury and executioner. The CAA will decide what happens to the pilot involved, if anything, based on the conclusions from the AAIB. If the CAA feels there is a genuine safety issue here (
no comment) then they will take the necissary action. The decision will not be made by a group of mostly anonymous posters on an internet forum, but the appropriate regulatory authority, and we should respect that, as the CAA are very good at taking action on people who make our hobby/career dangerous, putting themselves and others at risk. They will not stand for it, and we should all back them up and respect whatever action they take.
I read a lot of prattish comments on PPRuNE on a regular basis. Like people who think it's OK to pick up a wing drop at the stall using aileron. Or a few weeks back when I read a comment by someone saying it's perfectly OK to fly in 3000m vis., VFR, as long as you are following a GPS. Or people who find it perfectly acceptable to attempt a turn back following an EFATO at a few hundred feet AGL. Just to quote a few examples. If these people think they know better then God help us all.
Closing thought: whilst many of us are sensible and would not get in this sort of situation, or at least we'd like to think that way, how would you feel if you were the subject of an AAIB report, with personal comments being directed at you from all angles on PPRuNE?
Time we all chilled out a little chaps.
Smithy