Ask what the purpose of an Air Show is.
Is it to raise awareness, understanding and air mindedness amongst the non-aviation community?
Is it to encourage the youth to fly or be involved in flying?
Is it to raise much-needed funds for charities various?
Is it to give something that's value-for-money back to the taxpayer for their ritual salary deduction?
Is it to showcase the skill and professionalism of our military and civilian pilots and entertain in the process?
I think it's all of these and more.
We are literally standing on a precipice of change that will remove every bit of goodness in that list. Forever. Once gone, it will be inordinately harder to reinstate Air Shows in future.
If the CAA are on these forums, please get a grip on reality. Did we stop doing Air Shows after Ramstein? No. We took stock of what went wrong and put defence mechanisms in place to make them safer. Don't use liability and reputation to drive up beaurocracy and cost and kill them off. That's weak and feeble.