Just to clear up a point, it was not a letter in The Times but a small piece by Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent, quoting Andrew Haines, CAA CEO. It was published on Thu, 3 March, the same day as the CAA Press Release, but quotes more than what is in the press release. It would be interesting to know who contacted who first.
There was an even smaller piece in The Daily Telegraph on Sat, 5 March, but that was just based on the CAA Press Release.