Must also rule out the Queens birthday flypast as well?,if flying over built up areas/roads etc is now deemed too dangerous!!
I know this is proone and people like a good rumour but some of the folks on here really must calm down. There has been no such decree/rule/regulation and quotes like that just stoke up the mis-information.
In 2016, no air show will go ahead without being subject to an enhanced risk assessment,
Its all here in the CAA's interim report. Read it rather than making some wild speculation
Following the accident at Shoreham, we introduced three additional risk
assessment criteria for all future air displays. These were the proximity of
major roads, congested areas and other nearby infrastructure, such as
railway lines. This meant that display organisers were expected to identify
within their risk assessments how they proposed to manage and mitigate
any risks arising from these sources. This resulted in a number of changes
being made to air displays held after the Shoreham Airshow.
2.8 We propose to retain and formalise these additional risk criteria, and
require event organisers and FDDs to submit their risk assessments to the
CAA. We are developing a risk assessment template that will assist event
organisers and FDDs. This will be published no later than the end of
February 2016.
2.9 Our publication Flying Displays and Special Events: a guide to safety and
administrative arrangements also details what liaison the event organiser
and FDD are expected to have with the relevant local authority or
authorities for the location of their air show, the police and the emergency
services, including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Royal
National Lifeboat Institution for offshore display sites.
Action 1: The CAA will specify, for all future air displays the risk
assessment criteria that it requires event organisers and Flying Display
Directors must use in planning and preparing for air displays of all sizes