ShanwickOceanic /forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user55/8.png offline (netAirspace FAA) 06 Feb 23, 11:32
The pilot whose plane crashed at the Shoreham Airshow in 2015, killing 11 men, has asked for permission to judicially review the inquest into their deaths.
In December a coroner ruled all 11 had been unlawfully killed.
Pilot Andrew Hill was cleared of gross negligence manslaughter at a criminal trial in 2019.
The High Court will now decide whether to allow Mr Hill's application.
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-64503147I don't know what's going on in this guy's head, but he's lucky not to be in prison. Quit while you're ahead and don't put the families through this.
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
paul mcallister /forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/default.png offline 06 Feb 23, 13:18
I suspect it`s his legal team driving this rather than him, but I suppose at the end of the day, he has to agree to it.
As you say he is lucky not be in jail, despite the fact he obviously did not mean this dreadful accident to happen.
He made a mistake, but I have always believed that the show organisers must bear a portion of the blame for what happened that day.
In my view, the bypass should have been closed during the show, no risk assessment had been carried out by the organising team, they assumed it had been done, but did not check. No display routine was submitted by Andrew Hill or the owner of the Hunter, so the display director did not have any idea what manoeuvres the aircraft was intending to perform.
This accident almost caused airshows to be banned in the UK, and has severely restricted what display aircraft can now do, all because of one pilot`s stupid mistake. No other reason The CAA attempted to ban all jets from UK airshows, and the grounding of the Hunters was a pathetic knee jerk reaction, which caused shows to be scrubbed right across the UK, it caused panic, which was undeserved, UK airshows have always been some of the safest in the world.
I believe it was pretty obvious from the start, that it was pilot error that caused the crash. Why he or his legal team what to continue with this is baffling.