Dan D
You're probably right about the 'face saving' but the reason Moody got "no back up from ATC when he tried to bo11ock the pilots" is no-one else thought the pilots had done anything wrong or dangerous as he alleged. But Moody wouldn't let it drop at that.
The version I heard, from a totally reliable and well-informed source, is the same as posted by Alty Meter.
Moody's next attempt to cause trouble for the pilots was to report them to CAA Enforcement but they didn't think the pilots had done anything wrong.
But Moody still wasn't content to let it drop. He'd failed with the PFA controllers and failed with CAA Enforcement, so he tried another approach.
He rang up someone in SRG and it was third time lucky - for him anyway. Some desk-pusher in SRG took up the cause and passed it back to Enforcement for an investigation.
Those are the facts. It wouldn't be right for me as a Mod to express a personal opinion. People can judge for themselves whether they think Moody's behaviour was perfectly reasonable, or petty, nasty and vindictive trying to save face regardless of the consequences to fellow pilots.
Mike C
The Rally had finished for the day. The 'incident' happened when the pilots recovered to Kemble (their home base) at just before 7.30pm.
The PFA didn't complain - Moody took it himself to do so.
"If no rules were broken, there should be no problem." Some people might not agree with that proposition. Suppose it depends what view you take of one pilot causing trouble for another pilot.
