nobody has come within 10 miles of writing anything libelous or defamatory in any post still here.
Correct.
But only because
35 posts or 34% of posts have so far been deleted by Moderators and one user permanently thread binned, due to posts being malicious, libellous, defamatory or merely ludicrous.
Stick to the thread title unless you have confirmed, factual, information and forget the theories and sanctimonious platitudes lest this thread gets locked.
The pilot concerned is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.