I have just read what, for me at least, is a very worrying post on the LAA forum.
The poster tends to agree with the idea that this is all a charade and that HCAP, LAA et al have been hoodwinked. The worrying part is the suggested face-saving idea that these bodies redress the issue by giving the awards to the whole team involved in the flights! WHAT!!!
So let me get this straight, the best way to save face is to reward all those others who, in one way or another, are complicit in this blatant deception.