"namely that the guys at Thunder City were a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs that really had very little idea what they were dealing with"
Surely that same comment must now also be levelled at the South African regulatory authorities?
Who was mad enough to think he knew better than the CAA at regulating a aircraft which was built and based in the UK, and never based in South Africa? Irrespective of the faults with the company and its staff, those who allowed the aircraft to be imported and flown are also at fault here