Resisted the temptation to post up to now, but can't any longer....
The Argus has an article saying that it will take 2 years for the investigation.
Really, why ? I think straightforward conclusions can be drawn right now. It's not necessary to know every piece of minutiae about the plane or pilots decision. What for ? It doesn't help anyone.
The main decisions are quite straightforward :
- can we make airshows safe enough ? : well probably as pilots shouldn't be over the main road, and should have larger margins of safety. What needs to change here ? More ceiling, deck limits ? More discipline ?
- is there really a need to close down shoreham air show ?
No need to wait 2 years to ask and answer these questions.
Unfortunately those questions can't be answered without the minutiae - and if it takes the AAIB 10 days, 10 months or 10 years to do a proper job that they are more than capable of doing I would much prefer that than some half-arsed knee jerk reactive ban based on some of the bollocks I've read here.
"We'll give them a fair trial, but wheel the guilty b*****d in."
d******d.