Shoreham was inevitable. As others have said, oversight, complacency, apathy etc all led to 11 people being killed.
Originally Posted by Fortissimo
The FDD had every reason to believe that the arrangements were compliant with CAP 403, and it is instructive that all the AAIB recommendations are addressed to the CAA.
FDD "reason to believe"? One presumes he is one of the experts identified by BADA in their statement of a few weeks back?
Originally Posted by BADA Statement
It should be obvious that the expertise for the disciplines of all aspects of displays largely resides with the air display community itself; the CAA is populated in the main by officials, many of whom having little or no understanding of aviation, let alone the complexities of aerobatic flying display routines.
So, did the FDD use his expertise or did he just ensure that the CAA box was ticked?