Originally Posted by
Parson
Pace - CGB is quite right. If the Hunter had crashed on the airfield with only the pilot injured this wouldn't be much of a news story outside of the aviation community. And it is unlikely that there would have been any directives from the CAA other than grounding Hunters until the cause was known.
Yep, in normal aircraft operations it's take offs and landings which are deemed the phases of flight with the highest risk requiring most regulation. With aerobatic air show displays, that risk profile is perhaps turned on its head. Sad that it takes an accident like this to illustrate it.