Shoreham nutjob cleared

Once "cognitive impairment" was introduced into the equation (with the onus being on the prosecution to PROVE he didn't suffer from it), it was always going to be nigh on impossible to get a conviction.

And he's done you a favour;  Farnborough is literally the worst airshow you could ever attend.

presumably all these stunts now have to be banned as the g-force induces dangerous cognitive impairments.

By the sounds of it the evidence pointed to cognitive impairment, and it seems to me that in cases such as this the desire is to find a scapegoat, and far from having to prove guilt, you almost have to prove innocence.  Also the airline industry is very open and imo the best example of an industry always looking to improve safety.

Had he ever suffered from cognitive impairment in the past, but without such tragic consequences?
If so, what did he do about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmVCYqs3mko

very interesting that.

On the contrary, CB, the AAIB report into the crash (which the jury was not granted access to, apparently), blamed the crash on:  "Causal factors • The aircraft did not achieve sufficient height at the apex of the accident manoeuvre to complete it before impacting the ground, because the combination of low entry speed and low engine thrust in the upward half of the manoeuvre was insufficient.
• An escape manoeuvre was not carried out, despite the aircraft not achieving the required minimum apex height."

The first part would have happened prior to any cognitive impairment presenting.  The second part, might go some way towards suggesting cognitive impairment was present AT THAT STAGE.

Matthew Syed talking about growth mindset and comparing the airline industry to the health sector.

No, Angoose, he hadn't.

If you compare this tragedy to Hillsborough.  One one hand you have an "industry" who's first though is to cover their back and absolve or pass blame, and on the other hand you have an industry that is determined to find reasons behind accidents.

and I'm not just labelling the police in that category. It would also to apply to healthcare and the building industry.

I can't claim to be familiar with the pertinent facts of this particular case, but it does raise an important issue in regard to the mental capacity of individuals at the precise moment when they take actions.

There is a danger that similar arguments could be put forward as a defence for any criminal act i.e. their mental capacity was somehow impaired by particular circumstances, either at the immediate time of the incident, or at an earlier date.

Despite significant improvements in the understanding of the workings of the human mind, and with it an improved understanding of mental health issues, it does feel that there continues to be more that we don't know than that we do.

I've always thought he blacked or greyed out for a bit. Regardless of fact he should have been higher, coming down he just stops rotating the nose for a noticable period, which could only really mean he was suicidal (nope), the plane was defective (doesn't seem right as it started rotating again a second later), or the far most likely scenario, he'd released pressure back on the stick as his brain wasn't signalling to do so, which is by far the most likely scenario given he'd just been pulling high G. When he starts rotating again he's now closer to the ground.

Should have tried 'the sun was in my eyes'.  Worked for Prince Phillip.

Odd that all the 11 victims were male.

The example of "G" on the BBC is a bit misleading as the shoreham accident was positive G of an unknown (but an estimate calculated I'm sure) +ve G, the BBC reporter just had -ve G. Still, it's nice to see a BBC reporter describing a negative effect and not blaming it on Brexit .

Injera    08 Mar 19 16:57 
Odd that all the 11 victims were male.

Not really followed the story very closely since it happened but seem to recall most of the victims were in cars on the road the plane impacted with - most were travelling (some in same vehicle) to play in/watch the same football match.

No doubt John Henry is working on an alternative "theory" but i think that's what happened.

Surely the biggest question is why he was flying in direct line with a busy road. I doubt anyone thinks he sets out to kill people, so whether he was negligent or not it was a tragic accident. He should however have been crashing into an empty field, if crashing was inevitable.