Having flown from, into and around Breighton for many years I have always found BB to be a thorough and competent chap. He has flown all sorts of stuff including the Hurricane and the report in GASIL was a typical CAA trouser trouting excercise. The number of times that both the publication and the organisation has come out with utter garbage alledgedly amazes me - (no libel there then ey ?) I have sat through a CAA safety evening at the Thirsk Berchtesgaden. It was not very comforting to hear the man say on the one hand you could bend rules in a safety related incident but not 20 minutes later he said how and when the Ministry would prosecute you for the slightest misdemeanour !
We all fork up from time to time, mostly we get away with skid marks various and a round of beer at Mrs Miggins, this time it cost him more than a round - it does not justify the slagging that he got in the press.